Siberia wildfires: Russia army planes and thousands of firefighters battle blazes
by Reuters from on (#5M5MR)
About 800,000 hectares of forest destroyed so far in region enveloped by smoke as Russia suffers through abnormal heatwave'
Russia's army has sent water-bombing planes to support thousands of firefighters battling huge wildfires in Siberia, a region known for its frozen tundra that is now sweltering under a heatwave.
Flames are tearing across 800,000 hectares of forest, and the hardest-hit region of Yakutia in the north has been in a state of emergency for weeks as climate scientists sound the alarm about the potential long-term impact.
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