The fire occurred in the Tuymazinsky district.
In the Tuymazinsky district, 165 hay bales caught fire. The fire broke out in a field one kilometer from the village of Starye Kandry, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Republic of Bashkortostan reported.
Firefighting units of the State Committee for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Bashkortostan extinguished the fire. The flames damaged 28 tons of packed hay.
An investigator from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations is working at the site to establish the cause of the incident.