“At 14:30, a forest fire in the Ust-Donetsk region was eliminated,” RIA Novosti quotes a statement from the regional branch of the agency.
Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations announced that the emergency fire hazard will remain in the Rostov region until August 18.
On the morning of August 17, it was reported that the aviation of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and the Ministry of Defense resumed extinguishing a large fire in the Ust-Donetsk district of the Rostov region.