"As of 17:00 Moscow time, 101 fires occurred on the territory of the Rostov region, 69 of them were liquidated. The region retains an extraordinary fire hazard (fifth class)," TASS reports from the regional GU EMERCOM of Russia.

It is noted that the most serious situation remains in the Chertkovsky, Krasnosulisky, Milyutinsky, Millerovsky, Martynovsky, Konstantinovsky and Tsimlyansky districts.

Earlier it was reported that a large natural fire was extinguished in the Voronezh region.