230 wildfires rage in Russia’s coldest republic of Yakutia, with state of emergency declared in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions.

Brown coal in disused Soviet deposit burning at a temperature as high as 600C.

Say that again? The Arctic on fire?

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.

He spoke out as Premier Dmitry Medvedev was in Siberia on a trip substantially aimed at leading efforts to combat the serious forest fires.

Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.

Oilmen forced to stop work after being trapped in 'horseshoe' of burning taiga, as pall of smoke smothers Irkutsk region where state of emergency imposed.

Charred corpses removed from wreckage in Kemerovo with evidence that victims were trapped inside by locked fire doors.

All on board safe after An-148 jet returns to Talakan Airport soon after takeoff.

Destruction of natural habitat by forest fires 'explains bears causing terror in residential areas'.