Fires in Kazakhstan
Forest Fires in Kazakhstan
27 August 2004
Latest map of the Fire Laboratory of the Sukachev Institute ofForest, Krasnoyarsk
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Updated informationon current forest fires and summary for the 2004 fire season of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 27 August 2004:
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Number of forest fires from the beginning of the year: 1035
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Total area burned in 2004: 54694 ha
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Including covered with a wood: 42653 ha
The most subject area to forest fires- Kustanay
Forest fires: 112
Total area burned: 7256 ha
Including covered with a wood: 7167 ha
The most subject area to forest fires Dgambyl
Forest fires: 16
Total area burned: 37558 ha
Including covered with a wood: 28331 ha
Source: Mr.Nikolay I.Ezhov, Director of the Kazakh Base for Aerial Forest Fire Protection
Mr. Nikolay I. Eghov
Chief, Avialesookhrana of Kazakhstan
Gorkogo St. 259
Almaty
Kazakhstan, 480020
According to the Remote SensingLaboratory of the Sukachev Institute for Forest in Krasnoyarsk (RussianFederation) the total land area affected by fire in Kazakhstan in the 2004 fireseason is 588 305 ha (26 August 2004).
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