The authorities of Anapa recommended that residents not leave their homes against the backdrop of the fire.

Rescuers are protecting the houses on the outskirts of Anapa from fire, and the area of the fire has been reduced. Anapa is shrouded in smoke, the city has a smell of burning, and authorities advised residents of several districts not to leave their homes. The fire could cause serious damage to the fauna, ecologists pointed out.

On August 30, a fire occurred in the protected floodplain area near the village of Chemburka. Initially, authorities reported that reeds were burning over an area of 10 hectares.

The head of the city, Svetlana Maslova, reported that emergency services are waiting for aviation, but "it can only be used when the drone attack signal is not active."

Residents of the nearest settlements: Chemburka, Anapskaya, and Pioneer Avenue are advised to close their windows and not go outside unnecessarily.

"We are monitoring the situation in the nearest settlements. In the Anapskaya stanitsa along the embankment, monitoring groups have been deployed from Suvorov to Gornaya streets, and fire crews are on duty in case the fire approaches the houses. The situation is complicated by strong winds that carry smoke for miles. Therefore, residents of the nearest settlements: Chemburka, Anapskaya, and Pioneer Avenue are advised to close their windows and not go outside unnecessarily," the head of the city indicated.

Later, she informed that rescue teams have been strengthened on the streets where the fire has approached residential buildings closely. These are Naberezhnaya Street in Anapskaya stanitsa, Ozyornaya Street in Chemburka, Severny and Rodnikovaya Streets in the Alexeyevsky microdistrict. Emergency services, police, and water supply vehicles are on site. Help has arrived from neighboring municipalities, the head of the city wrote at 18:34, indicating that the area of the fire is 5 hectares.

At 0:32 MSK, the Anapa administration reported on its Telegram channel that the area of active burning is 0.5 hectares, and the fire has been assigned a rank of 4. Many resources are concentrated on the Distant Lane of the Alexeyevsky microdistrict, where the fire has approached closely to the houses.

In the city, there is smoke and a suffocating smell of burning, writes the Telegram channel "Anapa Civil."

This was also confirmed by the blogger Andrey Makovozov: "The fire is visible from all districts of the city and the surrounding areas! Even in Pyatihatki, the smell of burning is felt!" he wrote on the afternoon of August 30.

Ecologists pointed out the damage to fauna.

Floodplains are vegetation along the shores of swamps, estuaries, streams, and channels, writes ecologist Georgy Kavanosyan in his Telegram channel.

Specifically, in those places where the fire is, the European marsh turtle lives. This species is included in the Red Book of the Krasnodar Territory.

"Many small animals live in them – waterfowl, fish fry, amphibians, and reptiles. Specifically, in those places where the fire is, the European marsh turtle lives. This species is included in the Red Book of the Krasnodar Territory, in Appendix II of the Bern Convention (requires special protection measures), and in the IUCN Red List, the species is assigned the category Near Threatened (NT) — 'close to vulnerable status'," he wrote.

The threat to animals was also noted by the ecologist, director of environmental programs of the organization "Green Patrol" Roman Pukalov.

The molting of the overwhelming majority of waterfowl has ended. They are capable of flying away from the fire. Although they are forced to leave their usual habitats, he pointed out.

Even a fox hunting in the floodplains can lose orientation in the smoke and die.

"But marsh turtles, amphibians (frogs, newts), small mammals, mollusks, insects, and invertebrates, fish fry can die from the fire. Even a fox hunting in the floodplains can lose orientation in the smoke and die," he noted.

Commentators reminded about the oil spill.

The blogger Yuri Ozarovsky reports on the progress of extinguishing the fire in his Telegram channel, and his posts are actively commented on.

Oil, fires, everything is dying, ecology.

"It hurts to watch this. Our poor Anapa and our territories... So many troubles have fallen. Oil, fires, everything is dying, ecology," noted runik69.

"The stench has entered homes throughout the city, it’s unbearable," writes a user whose name is not specified.

The oil disaster is mixing with the ashes of the current fires. Higher powers are clearly stuck in a cycle of "trial for the mayor": fire, oil, only water is left to pour on us," writes "Anapa Civil."

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the work on pumping oil from the fragments of the tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239", which sank as a result of the crash in the Kerch Strait in December 2024, has been completed. Permits from Rospotrebnadzor have already been received for 111 beaches in Anapa. Earlier in August, satellite imagery from Planet recorded the continuation of the leak of oil products from the sunken tankers "Volgoneft" in the Kerch Strait.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers with oil sank in the Kerch Strait. As a result, a crew member of one of the tankers died. In addition, there was an oil spill, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the report of "Caucasian Knot" "Oil spill in the Kerch Strait". Materials on the consequences of the oil spill have been collected by "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Ecological disaster in Kuban".