Russian Wildfires Leave 25 People Dead Amid Heatwave
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Wildfires in central Russia claimed 25 lives as drought and record heat forced the government to declare a state of emergency in four more crop-producing regions.
The fires destroyed 1,170 houses and left 2,178 people homeless as of 4 p.m. today, Irina Andrianova, a spokeswoman for the Emergency Situations Ministry, said by telephone. Two firefighters were among the dead, she said, adding that the Moscow, Nizhny Novogorod, Ryazan and Voronezh regions are the worst-hit.