{"id":43768,"date":"2010-08-09T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/2010\/08\/09\/russia-wildfires-still-spreading-but-should-end-in-a-week\/"},"modified":"2010-08-09T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T11:57:00","slug":"russia-wildfires-still-spreading-but-should-end-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2010\/08\/09\/russia-wildfires-still-spreading-but-should-end-in-a-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Russia Wildfires Still Spreading, But Should End in a Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia is still fighting to extinguish nearly 600 wildfires in an emergency that has now claimed 50 lives, reported BBC News on August 5.<\/p>\n

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Foreign reinforcements are arriving, including two Canadair water-bombing planes from Italy. Ukraine and Belarus are also sending firefighters.<\/p>\n

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The defence ministry has ordered the transfer of all artillery and munitions from a military base near the capital.<\/p>\n

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The Moscow smog eased on Thursday, though an acrid smell persisted from peat fires burning outside the city.<\/p>\n

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Seven regions are under a state of emergency. Russian officials say there are now 589 wildfires raging across 196,000 ha (484,326 acres). More than 160,000 firefighters have been deployed.<\/p>\n

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Col Alexei Kuznetsov, a defence ministry spokesperson, told the Associated Press that a garrison near Naro-Fominsk, 45 miles (70km) from Moscow, would be evacuated due to the danger posed by fires.<\/p>\n

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It was not in immediate danger, he added.<\/p>\n

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Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu has meanwhile warned that fires in the Bryansk region – an area affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster – could produce radioactive particles.<\/p>\n

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Forecasters expect Moscow’s high temperatures to persist for several more days.<\/p>\n

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Russia has announced it is banning the export of grain from 15 August to 31 December after drought and fires devastated about a fifth of its grain crop.<\/p>\n

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More than 3,500 people have lost their homes in 14 regions of Russia in the past few days.<\/p>\n


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