
In the Kharkiv Region, rescuers extinguished 15 fires in natural ecosystems on July 13.
This was reported by the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Region.
According to rescuers, the total area of the fires reached more than 69 hectares.
The largest fire occurred in the village of Shevchenkove, Kupyansky district, where the fire covered 60 hectares of wheat field.
On the afternoon of July 13, Russian aviation carried out a sneak attack on a grain field. As a result of a guided bomb hit, wheat caught fire on an area of 60 hectares.
8 rescuers on a fire tanker were involved in extinguishing the fire.
As of July 14, the elimination of six forest fires in the Izyum district is ongoing.
As reported by the State Emergency Service, at 13:00 on July 13, the fire in the Starovirivskyі forestry near the village of Mykolaivka, Starovirivskyі community, was completely extinguished.
Due to the high level of fire danger, rescuers are urging residents of the region to be as careful as possible with fire and not to set fire to dry grass.