Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.
Omsk region emergency services said number of wildfires is seven to ten times above the ‘norm’.
Does a spooky event in New England 238 years ago hold the clue to the eerie blackness that descended one week ago in Siberia?
Vitaly Denisyuk, 37, was first to realise help was needed by frightened people at upstairs windows.
Chronic wildfires across Siberia have forced birds to flock to the extreme west of Europe in search of sanctuary, it is claimed.
The 25 metre tall tree in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk burns to ashes in minutes as fireworks usher in 2018 across Russia.