Smoke from the fire enveloped a section of the federal highway near Chita. This is reported by Chita.ru.
As the publication writes, the fire broke out on the territory of the gardening partnership “Reconnaissance of Subsoil”, in which, previously, more than half of the buildings burned down. According to the authorities of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the cause of the fire was an attempt by the owners to independently connect electricity after it had been turned off the day before.
The head of the Chita region, Viktor Mashukov, reports that there were no casualties from the fire. Cars are allowed to pass along the Chita-Zabaikalsk highway, shrouded in fire, under police control.