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Prolonged drought exacerbated the situation in Russia
Forest fires in Siberia are spreading rapidly from (Archive)
Source: Keystone
The forest fires in Siberia are spreading rapidly from. Like the Civil Defense Ministry announced on Sunday, already have around 1,000 square kilometers of forest on fire. Affected areas in the Far East and the oil-rich Siberian province of Khanty-Mansiisk are.
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The situation could worsen if the drought persists. The European part of Russia, the agricultural heartland had remained so far largely spared.
The fires are reminiscent of the fire disaster last year. At that time there were dozens people were killed, a quarter of the grain harvest was destroy. For days the capital of Moscow was enveloped in a cloud of smoke.
Environmentalists warned as well that Russia was headed because of the inaction of the authorities, as in the previous year to a national disaster.
Forestry authorities unprepared
All forecasts suggest that the forest fire situation is again very seriously. The forest authorities were not prepared for the fire-fighting, said the forest expert of the environmental group WWF, Nikolai Schmatkow.
According to the national forestry authority to try the area managers to conceal the true extent of the fires. It would be reported only about half of the fires, they said. The authority was threatened with criminal charges.
In Russia, died in the wildfires that had destroyed entire communities in 2010, at least 60 people. A week-long record-breaking heat with difficult around 40 degrees and no rain to fight the flames. The authorities at that time registered more than 7,000 fires across the country. By the end of August, about 9,000 square miles were burned.
Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev had recently threatened to send this year to members of the government to clear the country when the tragedy repeat.
(Sda)
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