Russia battles forest fires amid heatwave
- 13 years ago
The potent mix of high temperatures, strong winds and carelessness has caused an outbreak of forest fires in Russia. In Volgograd Blast in the south of the country people were evacuated as the flames spread. Two hundred and fifty members of the emergency services were in action while from the skies special water bombing aircraft tried to halt the progress of the inferno. ... http://www.euronews.net/