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Saturday, October 1, 2016

Fire security

Recent forest fires 'destroyed' 2 million hectares - 'an unprecedented catastrophe in Siberia'


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A peak of two million hectares were on fire around 22 September in eastern Siberia, with 'around 900,000 hectares are still on fire today', said Greenpeace, amid concern for children breathing fumes for weeks on end. Students have been sent home from 18 schools in Irkutsk region.
Global warming and 'the ineffectiveness of the authorities' was to blame for the 'unprecedented catastrophe in Siberia', said  spokesman Alexey Yaroshenko.
Yet again there is a gulf in estimates of the burning forests between the authorities and environmentalists, with the Russian federal forestry agency suggesting the much lower figure of 125,000 hectares had been hit. 
The Siberian Times recently highlighted the claims of 'hidden wildfires' not included on official statistics

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