Siberia burning again; state of emergency declared in Irkutsk's Bratsk district, Jewish Oblast & Khabarovsk Krai
India, May 7 -- Heatwave in 2020 caused'world's coldest inhabited place' to boil at 38degC; subsequent wildfires increased emissions and air pollution in the region
Authorities in the Irkutsk Oblast (administrative division) of Siberia in Russia declared a state of emergency on May 6, 2024, after a huge forest fire spread through the Bratsk district, a report in the Russian daily Moscow Times , said.
Igor Kobzev, the governor of Irkutsk, declared a state of emergency across the Bratsk district, even as a woman was reported critically injured due to the fires, according to the Moscow Times . Local residents have been evacuated to municipal centre of Vikhorevka.
On May 6, Irkutsk was among the nine regions where wildfires had been raging...
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