on September 8, village Nikolaevka, have been completely destroyed, RIA Novosti reported.

According to preliminary information, burned 433 in which lived 1166 persons. All inhabitants of village have been evacuated and placed in social establishments, houses and bases of rest.

Houses were in a forest, so the flames destroyed all residential buildings "instantly". Currently, the village is still fully covered by fire.

The representative of the Ministry of Emergency Measures has informed that firemen managed not to admit transition fire on the next settlement Bastan. There are still exist threat to three nearby villages

Fires in Russia don't abate since July. The reason for that is the abnormal drought which has broken already many records

The situation with forest fires is so serious that President Dmitry Medvedev today agreed to accept aid from foreign countries, that is rare for Russia. In the next few hours the first special airplane of the Ukrainian lands in Voronezh. Azerbaijan sends firefighters helicopters.

Russia recorded 246 seat of fires, total area of 121,000 hectares, said yesterday at a press briefing the head of Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu. Moreover, 69 seats of fire are large. 

The Minister emphasized that the majority of the seats are localized and now is very important that the fire did not spread beyond the localized areas. Shoigu also said that another day ago, there were 1,200 fires. Over the past days "we have defended more than 360 settlements, with fires day and night fighting 155 thousand people", - said the Minister. 

According to the minister, the main threat are suddenly emerging wind that fans the decaying homes.