matantsev gitan giant the fiery table reaches several tens of meters in height, and puffs of black smoke sky of power. almost one and a half thousand residents of neighboring areas were urgently evacuated. the tanks, in which 25,000 cubic meters of oil were stored, caught fire from a lightning strike on friday evening . series of bombings cuban authorities have requested emergency assistance from neighbors experienced in experts from mexico and venezuela have already taken off to put out such fires. this morning , an il-76 aircraft of the ministry of emergency situations of russia flew from the moscow region to yugra to extinguish natural fires, it will work in remote areas, where the situation in the region is difficult for a day. the fire area has almost doubled. the group of specialists who are fighting the fire are constantly increasing, now 1,200 people have been involved. the rescuers already have 2,200 amphibious aircraft at their disposal. he fulfilled eight water discharges with a total volume of about 72 tons. from a weekend trip to a vacation at the other end of our motherland