A serious fire that threatened the lives of people occurred yesterday in Kazan at about midnight. Before that, because of the abnormal heat, forests outside the city were burning, now the fire has reached crowded places
Both motorists passing by and residents of nearby houses reported about the outbreak to the fire services. Some eyewitnesses claimed that the fire was preceded by a strong clap.
Firefighters barely managed to prevent the spread of the fire - the scene was surrounded by a dense wall of smoke. The firefighters had to navigate in the continuous fog almost by touch. While they were trying to save the remains of the green spaces, eyewitnesses put forward their versions of what happened. Some even suggested that a UFO had landed at this place. The contours of the burning grass turned out to be too round and even.
Other witnesses did not doubt - the grass caught fire not without human help.
Now interrogators are trying to establish the cause of the fire. But the most important conclusion is disappointing: both abnormally hot and calm weather influenced the rate of fire spread. Which persists even at night.