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6 killed in forest fires in Kazakhstan

FOREST fires in northern Kazakhstan have killed six people and burned an area of 3,300 hectares, the country's agriculture ministry said today.

The victims included three forestry workers and three local villagers, the ministry's information bureau said.

A ministry official had been sent to the area to guide disaster relief work and the country's fire department was trying to contain the fires using aircraft, fire engines and other equipment.



 

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