Putin sends military to fight Siberia forest fires
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#4MASW)
Russian president reacts as 3m hectares burn and state of emergency covers five regions
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has called in the army to fight the forest fires that have been raging across vast expanses of Siberia for days, enveloping entire cities in black smoke.
Environmentalists have warned that the scale of the blazes could accelerate global warming, aside from any immediate effects on the health of inhabitants.
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