A giant fire broke out near Rostov: flames from burning reeds spread to the village

Reeds near the village Kuleshovka, 15 km from Rostov-on-Don, caught fire Today around noon and in four hours I reached residential buildings.

Judging by the footage, one of the residents is trying save his property himself and put out the fire with a garden hose.

Because of the column of thick black smoke blocked traffic on the new section of the Azov highway, happened several road accidents.

The fire area exceeds 1,5 square meters.

A powerful steppe fire has already was being picked up to Kuleshovka in March of this year: then the village was defended.

UPD:

The media reports that a bathhouse was damaged during the fire, but the fire did not reach residential buildings.