ROSTOV-ON-DON U, Oct 2< /strong>Two houses and two outbuildings caught fire in Astrakhan on an area of 300 square meters, a representative of the Russian State Emergency Situations Directorate for the Astrakhan region told reporters.
«At 13.35 (12.35 Moscow time) the operational duty shift of the Main Directorate received a message about the fire of two residential buildings and two outbuildings in the Trusovsky district of Astrakhan, on Karl Marx Street, 9,» said a representative of the department.
He clarified that we are talking about two-story apartment buildings. Preliminarily, the fire area is 300 square meters. There is no information about casualties.
Fire and rescue units respond to the increased rank of fire. 16 units of equipment and 61 personnel are working on site.