The forest fire came close to the closed city of Sarov. Checkpoint officers at the entrance to the city try to shoot down the flames with shovels

The forest fire came close to the closed city of Sarov in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The employees of checkpoint number 1 of the city are trying to fight the fire. A video of what is happening has appeared on the network. In the footage, border guards are trying to shoot down the flames advancing at the checkpoint with shovels.

The total area of ​​the reap is almost 6,000 hectares. On the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region and the Republic of Mordovia, an interregional emergency regime with a federal level of response has been introduced.

A forest in the Mordovian nature reserve caught fire on August 3. Windy weather, hard-to-reach terrain and dead wood prevent fire elimination. Due to the gusty wind, the fire spread to the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region and approached the closed city of Sarov, in which the Russian Federal Nuclear Center is located.

For extinguishing from the air, Mi-8 helicopters and Il-76 aircraft are involved.