Forest Service and Greenpeace differ in estimations of forest fire area
24 July 2012 ` 01:13
Federal Forest Service of Russia (Rosleskhoz) announced that 230 forest fires areactive in Russia on the area of 25,000 hectares, as of July 29. According to Emergencies Ministry, as of July 28, 4,600 people and 570 units wereengaged in putting out forest fires, including 655 workers and 111 units of the ministry.
Greenpeace Russia quotes much larger figures and claims state services for being sluggish.
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