The large-scale fire in the village of Uspenka in the Tyumen region was extinguished with more than 200 people and 50 pieces of equipment. press service Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Region.
It was reported that 74 people were involved in the extinguishing.
Former head of the Tyumen region Svetlana Ivanova statedResidents were advised to leave their homes immediately after a natural fire spread to the village of Uspenka in the Tyumen region.
According to him, local residents are currently evacuated to a temporary accommodation facility in the Molodyozhny microdistrict.
“As a result of the development of a serious natural fire in the settlement of Uspenka in the Tyumen region, a fire occurred in residential buildings,” said the information center of the government of the Tyumen region. The village, including the section of temporary residence for the elderly and the psycho-neurological boarding school for the Uspensky children, was partially evacuated.
74 people and 51 equipment participated in the fire extinguishing efforts. In addition, two Mi-8 helicopters with a spillway device were also included.