"According to the regional forestry dispatch services, over the past day ... 38 forest fires were liquidated in Russia on an area of 579 hectares," RIA Novosti reports.
It is noted that by 00:00 Wednesday, October 14, there were six fires in Russia on an area of 429 hectares, on which work was carried out to actively extinguish.
Earlier in Mordovia, the fire spread to two villages from a natural fire, 16 houses were damaged.