Wildfires Rage in Nation’s Far East
From Times Wire Reports
Forest fires burned out of control in parts of Russia’s Far East, fueled by unseasonably dry and windy weather, a news report said. Sixty-eight fires were raging on more than 11,100 acres of forest in provinces along Russia’s Pacific coast and in eastern Siberia, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. In one republic, Buryatia, fires had already destroyed about 24,700 acres of forest, the report said. About 900 firefighters were battling the blazes, according to Itar-Tass.
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