Ninety-eight firefighters from Irkutsk Oblast are being sent to Yamal to help fight widespread wildfires. The region is facing severe fire conditions driven by dry weather, low rainfall, and frequent lightning.

Smoke from extensive wildfires in Siberia drifted into Finland, worsening air quality in Lapland and other parts of the country. The Finnish Meteorological Institute said conditions should improve by Tuesday.

Smoke from forest fires in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug prompted air-quality checks in Novy Urengoy and Gubkinsky. According to the article, authorities found several pollutants in the air, but no exceedances of allowable concentration limits.

A haze over the Reykjavík capital area on Friday evening was likely caused by smoke from ongoing wildfires in Canada, according to meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson. Air quality monitors in southwest Iceland showed elevated fine particulate matter levels.