wildfires summer 2012

Heatwave sparks new fears over forest fires

With forest fires still burning across Siberia, hot summer temperatures are moving across the continent.

As wildfires rage, the Russian government heads east to battle the crisis

Premier Dmitry Medvedev warned it will take two to three weeks to extinguish the fires raging across Siberia.

'Stay home'. Smog alert issued in Siberia's largest city and surrounding region

A warning from the local branch of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry was issued on Sunday in Novosibirsk and Novosibirsk region.

SOS made from birch trees saves family from ravaging fires

A family was rescued by helicopter after chopping birch trees and using them to spell 'SOS' when they were ringed by blazing wildfires.

Smoke from Siberia's forest fires reaches Canada

A smoky haze in British Columbia originated in Eastern Siberia, says a top Canadian meteorologist.

Not just bikinis but wildfires heat up the Arctic as climate change frazzles the north of Siberia

Say that again? The Arctic on fire?

Siberian birds flee flames to exile in Ireland

Chronic wildfires across Siberia have forced birds to flock to the extreme west of Europe in search of sanctuary, it is claimed.

It's not getting better... Siberia remains worst-hit as 175,000 firefighters battle forest blazes

New statistics on Saturday showed the vast scale of the human effort in Russia to halt a natural disaster that has destroyed swathes of woodland and taiga.

Smog clouds gather over Omsk, Tomsk and Novosibirsk

Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.