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Russia mobilizes Army to fight huge fires
Topic Started: Jul 31 2010, 02:38 AM (342 Views)
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Russia sends army to fight fires that kill 25

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By David Nowak, The Associated Press
 
MOSCOW - Vast sections of Russia were under a state of emergency Friday as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country's hottest summer on record.


At least 25 deaths were reported in the last two days alone and the Kremlin called out the army to help as fires raged over 214,136 acres (87,000 hectares) of woodland and peat bog.



More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed and thousands of people have been forced to flee as blazes left their houses in smouldering ruins and filled the air with smog and ash.


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In all nearly 2.5 million acres (1 million hectares) of land have been consumed by wildfires so far this season.


During his tour, Putin urged local officials to step up operations to defeat the fires and asked President Dmitry Medvedev to send troops in to help. Television showed Putin in a birch forest calling Medvedev on a cellphone, then switched to footage of the president taking the call and promising to mobilize the army.


Fires have all but encircled Voronezh, a city of 850,000 people located 300 miles (475 kilometres) south of Moscow. The streets of Voronezh were filled with smog Friday and a giant wall of rising black smoke could be seen on the horizon.


Weather experts say as global warming intensifies, Russians unaccustomed to such sweltering heat should brace for more summers like this. The mercury hit 100 (37.8 Celsius) in Moscow on Thursday, setting a new record, and July was the hottest month ever recorded in Russia.

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