Rescuers working to extinguish fires in the Ryazan region are forced to abandon their equipment and retreat due to strong flames. The footage of their work is published by Mash. The Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed that in recent days the flames have destroyed several pieces of special equipment.

“Cars are abandoned, they explode. We fuck! the fireman yells in the video.

The total area of ​​forest fires in Russia has been growing over the past three days, the press service of the federal Avialesookhrana reported . Since August 23, the area of ​​fires has increased from 102 thousand hectares to 109.95 thousand hectares.

Earlier, Baza wrote that a firefighter died while extinguishing fires in the Ryazan region. According to the channel, the deceased employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations worked in Moscow, and came to Ryazan to help his colleagues. However, the Ministry of Emergency Situations denied this message and stated that the person in question had been found and was alive.

On August 24, it was reported that forest fires in the Ryazan region moved to the northwest, towards the Shatursky district of the Moscow region.