Fires were concentrated in the Krasnoyarsk, Altai, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Omsk, Kurgan regions, Khakassia and Sakha republics.

[1][2] In the city of Krasnoyarsk, the authorities had found that the fine particle concentrations in the air has exceeded levels considered hazardous to human health due to the smoke from wildfires.

[3] President of Russia Vladimir Putin urged authorities to take stronger actions to prevent further spread of wildfire.

[1] It is argued that they are uncontrolled due to resources diverted for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[4][5][1][2][3] Smoke from the wildfires reached the western United States and worsened air quality on the coast of California.