In the village of Uspenka, 30 km from Tyumen, a forest fire spread to residential buildings. According to TASS with reference to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 13 houses are on fire, they are trying to extinguish the fire with the help of helicopters.
Judging by the video from the scene of the fire, the flames spread over a large area.
Almost 500 people were evacuated from the village, including 370 children from the children's psycho-neurological dispensary and 45 residents of the nursing home. No casualties were reported.
The media publishes a video where a local resident kneels next to a burning village with an icon:
At the end of April, more than 70 houses caught fire in the village of Kurgan, in the Ketovsky district. There, the authorities declared a state of emergency and blocked the road near the village of Logoushka. Temporary accommodation facilities have been set up for residents. About 200 patients were evacuated from the local PNI.
Prior to this, 110 residential buildings burned down in the Sverdlovsk village of Sosva. Two people died.