On April 18, 2021, during the air patrol of the territory protected by the Bukebaevsky aviation department, a steppe fire was discovered with a threat to the Sosnovsky forestry, Morozovsky branch. Information about the fire was immediately transmitted to the forest owner. The forces and resources of the Bukebaevsky aviation department and the Morozov branch were thrown into the fight against the fire element. Thanks to the coordinated actions of all services, the fire was stopped, the threat to the State Forest Fund was removed.
The fire was extinguished on an area of 50 hectares. In the localization and elimination of the fire involved: a helicopter and 2 paratroopers-firefighters of the Bukebaevsky aviation department, 25 employees of the Morozov branch, 7 pieces of equipment.