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Emergency Report from Siberia

The total area of ​​natural fires in Russia has reached 2 million 800 thousand hectares*. The most difficult situation is in the Irkutsk region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

More than 800 people are fighting fire in Yakutia. The area of ​​fires exceeded one million hectares. The nearby areas are also in the risk zone. The national park in Transbaikal is burning. Deer, elk, bears and other animals are fleeing en masse from the taiga. The zoo in Barnaul has already announced that they have several empty enclosures and are ready to accommodate four-legged fire victims.

Ministry of Emergency Situations continues to increase the force. Ten aircraft are ordered to join the five planes and helicopters which are extinguishing the flames. The Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources is flying to Krasnoyarsk today in order to control the fight against fires.

* 1 hectare = 10,000 square metres = 0.01 square kilometres = 0.0039 square miles

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Siberia suffers from the

• flood.
• fog.
• animal escape.
• fires.

The damaged area is

• 28,000 square miles.
• 28 square acres.
• 2,800,000 square metres.
• 28,000 square kilometres.

The animals can get the shelter in the

• forest.
• nature reserve.
• zoo.
• village.

A representative from the Ministry of Natural Resources is going to

• extinguish the fire.
• help animals.
• coordinate the works.
• talk to the Ministry.