Pine forest in the Rostov Oblast is on fire

A coniferous forest in the Rostov Oblast is on fire. No one has been reported injured. The press service of the Rostov Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations informed RIA Novosti that a fire had been reported in the forest in the Verkhnedonsky Rayon at 12.30 p. m.

There is no threat to the local population, as the nearest settlement is located 12 km from the fire.