INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Regional governor Vladislav Khovalyg said, adding that he had requested help from neighboring regions to battle nearly two dozen wildfires
currently burning in Tyva.Khovalyg said those fires engulfed an area of around 7.7 square miles
Earlier, the regional governor declared a wildfire emergency on July 1, which was lifted nine days later.Federal forest protection
authoritiessaid Tyva is one of five regions in Russia with an active state of emergency due to wildfires, adding that lightning and human
same period in 2023.Experts havewarned that limited resources for fire prevention and control, along with ongoing practices such as dry
