Gallery | The fires, which were swept in from Mongolia by high winds, have caused almost $9.4 million in damage.
City a ‘smoky hell’ as hill on opposite side of Amur River is in flames while driver films inferno on train track.
Wildfires ablaze early in year due to lack of snow, posing threat to railway in Russian Far East.
A sharp decline in chestnut trees caused by a parasitic fungus in Russia's southern Krasnodar region is threatening the area's honey production, according to local beekeepers and scientists.
Latest reports show 27 fires across Krasnoyarsk region covering 8,682 hectares in. Areas potentially threatening settlements. The forest fire situation is most difficult in Siberia and the Far East, in the Sakha region.
At least 90 left homeless in one village after raging infernos, say reports.
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