Sunflower seeds burn in Rostov region

A hangar with an area of 2000 square meters is burning in the Myasnikovsky district, the EMERCOM of the Rostov region reports.

"At 17.55 Moscow time, the fire was  localized on this area,” RIA Novosti quotes the rescuers as saying.

29 personnel and 10 units of equipment are involved in extinguishing of the fire. No casualties and victims have been reported.

According to a source familiar with the situation, the warehouse was used for storing sunflower seeds and sunflower oil.