“The fire area is 252 hectares.
Strong gusts of wind and high temperatures persist, which complicates extinguishing, ”TASS quoted the agency as saying.
It is specified that the fire extinguishing group has been increased to 527 people and 121 pieces of equipment.
Two planes and two helicopters made 74 visits, dropping 316 tons of water.
Earlier, the governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, said that more than 50 people sought medical help due to a fire in the village.