178 buildings burned down in 6 massive fires in Russia in one day

MOSCOW

The Russian Emergency Ministry said on Wednesday that 178 buildings were burned down over the past day in six massive fires in Russia's Sverdlovsk region.

According to the ministry, 134 of the burned-out buildings were country houses, 32 non-residential houses, eight summer houses, two outbuildings, a shop, and the roof of an apartment building.

About 380 people and 112 pieces of equipment were engaged to extinguish the fire, the ministry said.

The cause of the fires is being established by investigators, the ministry added.