The ban on visiting forests has been lifted in all regions of Belarus

August 30, Minsk / Tatyana Lobas - BELTA /. The ban on visiting forests has been lifted in all regions of Belarus. In the last few days, the fire hazard class has decreased, and there is no significant threat of fire spread in the forests of Belarus. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Ministry of Forestry. In early August, due to the worsening fire situation in the forests of the republic, the Commission on Emergency Situations under the Council of Ministers of Belarus instructed the regional executive committees to make decisions on banning forest visits and changing hunting seasons in accordance with paragraph 192 of the current Rules for Hunting Management and Hunting, approved by decree. This measure played an important role in preventing fires - the situation did not get out of control. If fire outbreaks occurred, they were eliminated quite quickly, and in most cases by forest workers. The Ministry of Emergency Situations resources were involved in about 60 out of 500 cases. In total, since the beginning of the fire hazard period, 508 cases of forest fires have been registered in Belarus, resulting in 333.3 hectares of forest being affected by fire. No forest fires were recorded in Belarus over the past weekend. Nevertheless, firefighting equipment is on full alert, and the state forest protection services are ready to respond to forest fires at any moment. The Ministry of Forestry reminded that the hunting season for waterfowl was opened on August 21. -0-