“At 14:15 Moscow time, the fire was eliminated on 54 hectares,” RIA Novosti reports a statement from a representative of the regional GUMCHS of Russia.
More than 470 people and 75 pieces of equipment were involved in the extinguishing, including two Mi-8 helicopters of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, as well as a fire train.
A fire in a forestry in the Kamensky district of the Rostov region was recorded the day before.
On the evening of August 22, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry announced that the fire area in the Kamensky district of the Rostov region had grown to 50 hectares.