Russian wildfire expanding and out of control:
Friday, August 6th, 2010Reported by: Emon crwenewswire Mideast correspondent.
Hundred of forests fires are out of control; new fires were appearing faster than the emergency services could put out the old ones as the total affected area nationwide increased to around 196000 hectares.
The death toll also rose to 50 after a body was found in a burned down house and at least 500 people have been injured. In the course of the last 24 hours, 373 fires have appeared and 254 have been extinguished.
As a result there are now 589 wildfires burning in Russia covering an area of 196,000 hectares reported the ministry.
Seven Russian regions have declared a state of emergency, according to ministry, 162,000 workers have been deployed to douse the flames to prevent an even greater calamity as wildfires rage within a few miles of the country’s top secret nuclear research centre. Most of workers are volunteers alongside a few thousand fire fighters and 10,000 soldiers.
They are using heavy machinery to cut huge troughs into the ground in an attempt to stop the fire from creeping.
Mendvedev warned Russia’s top naval commanders and sacked a number of high-ranking officers for failing to prevent a wild fire spreading to a military base last week.
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