Russia's wildfires kill 6
Source: Agencies |
September 4, 2010, Saturday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
WILDFIRES swept through villages in southern Russia yesterday killing at least six people and destroying more than 400 homes, the Emergencies Ministry said.
Fires driven by high winds destroyed more than 500 buildings in Volgograd and Saratov provinces, including at least 400 homes, ministry spokesman Ivan Abakumov told Reuters.
"All the fires are now under control," he said.
The blazes in the provinces on the Volga River southeast of Moscow followed wildfires that killed at least 54 in central Russia in July and August during Russia's worst heat wave ever recorded.
Although heavy rains have helped quench the fires in much of the country, the southern regions of Volgograd, Saratov and Samara remain hot and dry.
The fires were most intense in the Volgograd region, where 380 houses were burned in 20 populated areas. In Saratov, 20 houses burned.
In the Samara region, traffic on a main highway near the automobile manufacturing city of Togliatti was diverted for hours because of fire.
Television pictures showed smoke rising from the blackened ruins of a village of wooden houses in the Volgograd region, where 20 population centers were affected.
Fires driven by high winds destroyed more than 500 buildings in Volgograd and Saratov provinces, including at least 400 homes, ministry spokesman Ivan Abakumov told Reuters.
"All the fires are now under control," he said.
The blazes in the provinces on the Volga River southeast of Moscow followed wildfires that killed at least 54 in central Russia in July and August during Russia's worst heat wave ever recorded.
Although heavy rains have helped quench the fires in much of the country, the southern regions of Volgograd, Saratov and Samara remain hot and dry.
The fires were most intense in the Volgograd region, where 380 houses were burned in 20 populated areas. In Saratov, 20 houses burned.
In the Samara region, traffic on a main highway near the automobile manufacturing city of Togliatti was diverted for hours because of fire.
Television pictures showed smoke rising from the blackened ruins of a village of wooden houses in the Volgograd region, where 20 population centers were affected.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
