Kyiv region expects increase in the number of emergency situations related to forest fires, deputy head of the department for fire fighting organization Petro Korotynskyy told a briefing, ForUm correspondent reports.
Korotynskyy stressed that as of today, 55 cases of fire were registered in natural ecosystems of the region.
In addition, he noted that during the last week, 25 fires occurred in the forests of Ukraine on the total area of 0.42 hectares. All fires were eliminated in a timely manner, he stressed.
