In the Sverdlovsk region in the reserve “Denezhkin Stone, a new flashpoint.

As reported today at a press conference, the Acting Chief of the Ural Regional Center of Russian Ministry of Emergency, General Andrey Zelenski, an area fire is about 1,5-2 hectares.

Fire rages in the remote and inaccessible area. According to A. Zelensky, MOE proposes that the quenching of a helicopter, but the management of the reserve waived by rescuers, hoping to facilitate the landing of aviation base forests.

Also currently in the reserve force another fire, which raged from mid-July 2010. He was localized, however, completely eliminate the fire remains elusive.

State Nature Reserve Denezhkin Stone “is an environmental, scientific research and eco-educational institution of federal significance. On the territory of the reserve accounts for nearly 40 species of large mammals – moose, brown bears, as well as hares, wolverines, lynx, sable and 150 species of birds of prey. The reserve is closed to tourists.