Aviation was brought in to extinguish a forest fire in Sochi

Forest litter caught fire on the slope of Mount Kuma in Sochi, the fire is being extinguished with the help of aviation. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in Krasnodar Krai on January 31.

The area of the fire is 2 hectares. It is specified that at the moment MI-8 helicopter has already made five drops. The situation is under control, there is no threat to the settlement.

To extinguish the fire involved 25 people and six units of special equipment, reported on the website of the Department.

Earlier in the day it became known that in the north-west of Moscow there was a fire on the territory of the former machine-building plant named after Chernyshev on the street Skhodnensky tupik. Employees of the special service evacuated from the fire 60 people.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry reported the partial collapse of the roof of the administrative building. The source of "Izvestia" specified that the area of the fire increased to 2 thousand square meters. meters. For extinguishing attracted aviation and a special fire train. Later it became known that the fire was localized.