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Kommersant
Russia’s Siberian and Far Eastern districts are gripped by over 160 forest fires caused by abnormally hot weather and drought.
Kommersant
Planes and helicopters of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry have dumped over 1,000 tons of water on wildfires in Siberia`s Tomsk region.
RIA-Novosti
A state of emergency is maintained in the Tomsk region, in Krasnoyarsk territory and in the republic of Tuva.
Kommersant
Visitors' access to forests has been curbed in the republic of Altai, in two districts of the Trans-Baikal Territory and in seven districts of the Omsk region.
Kommersant
Russia’s Defense Ministry choppers have joined rescuers combating forest fires in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk.
Tass Photo
As many as 2,871 personnel, 332 pieces of firefighting equipment and 28 aircraft participated in the firefighting effort, plus 362 Avialesokhrana personnel.
Kommersant
The worst situation is still in Tomsk Region. Thirty four forest fires were reported in the area, its total square being some 10,000 hectares.
RIA-Novosti
The most successful operation which brought a considerable improvement in the wildfire situation was held in the Tyva Republic.
Tass Photo
Right now, Russia has forest fires at an area of about 17.000 hectares.
Tass Photo
According to the Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov, the blaze hasn’t spread to settlements in the area though locals are suffering from smog.
Tass Photo
As for rural Russia, that only last year was the world’s third-biggest grain producer, it suffers colossal damages. It threats to destroy a significant part of the crops.
RIA-Novosti
The summer of 2010 was intensified by large-scale wildfires that raged in 22 Russian western regions, killing 60 people and burning down some 2,500 households.
