Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will on Wednesday hold a meeting of the country's Security Council dedicated to fire safety measures for strategic facilities.
"The key aim of the meeting will be to elaborate and adopt additional measures to ensure the fire safety of facilities and increase their protection," the Kremlin said.
High-ranking officials from the Emergencies Ministry, the Prosecutor General's Office and other departments will attend.
At least 40 people have died and over 3,000 have been left homeless by fires which have swept across the central part of European Russia. The wildfires have been sparked by temperatures up to and above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
MOSCOW, August 4 (RIA Novosti)
