“Until the end of the day on August 17 and during the day on August 18, an emergency fire hazard (class 5) is expected in the Rostov region in 43 municipal districts,” the statement of the regional branch of the TASS agency quotes.

It is clarified that a storm warning has been issued in the region against the backdrop of a fire hazard.

Earlier 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.