At least 21 dead as wildfires rage across Urals and Siberia
by Pjotr Sauer and wires from Environment | The Guardian on (#6BMNW)
Dead are mainly elderly people unable to flee, Russia media report
At least 21 people have died in wildfires in Russia's Ural mountains, state media reported.
Wildfires have raged in the Kurgan region of the Urals and in Siberia all week. Local media reported that most of the dead were older people unable to leave their homes. According to local authorities, many of the deaths occurred on Sunday in the village of Yuldus, in Kurgan province on the border between the Urals and Siberia.
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