Firefighters battle 9 large forest fires in East Siberia

Firefighters are battling nine large-scale forest fires on a total area of 107 hectares in the Irkutsk Region in East Siberia, the Russian forestry Service said on Sunday. “According to satellite data, wildfires referred to the category of large-scale forest fires have been revealed in the Irkutsk Region,” the service said. Over 161 people and […]