Victims burned to death while fighting blaze after three massive explosions.
Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.
State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’.
Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.
Pro-Kremlin eco-groups echo Greenpeace concerns by highlighting burning of forests which do not appear in government reports.
US National Weather Service claims smoke haze from deadly inferno has crossed the Pacific.
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Predators seek food in villages all around Siberia as climate expert warns of worse fires each year due to soaring rise in temperatures, 10C above average.
'Scary' scenes as fumes from burning forests cover Lake Baikal, with people - and bears - fleeing 'Apocalypse'.
Blazes raging just 50km from the Arctic Ocean in Yakutia.