A dacha community in Transbaikalia has burned down completely. Authorities are evacuating residents and two children's camps.

A forest fire is approaching the village. Atamanovka, which is located just 10 km from Cheats.

According to the district head Viktor Mashukov, already burned completely SNT "Lokomotiv" - there were about 50 summer cottages, four families lived there permanently.

The fire also came close to the neighboring SNT "Energetik" and the railway station. Deep.

Later in the evening, eyewitnesses began to share footage from the railway station Zasopochnaya, where residential buildings are engulfed in flames.

Forest fire near Atamanovka continues three days. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, its area is now exceeds 2,5 hectares. Firefighting efforts are hampered by heat and winds gusting up to 20 meters per second. The dense wall of fire and smoke has caused several traffic closures on the Chita-Zabaikalsk highway. Children from the Parus and Zhemchuzhina camps have been evacuated. passes evacuation of residents from nearby houses.

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The fire near Chita is not the only one in Transbaikal: the largest one has been burning for a week raging в Khilok District, it covered 210 thousand hectares.

Forest fires in the region began back in March. The total area affected has already exceeded 1,6 million hectares is larger than Montenegro.