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