Hundreds of new fires broke out Sunday in Russian forests and fields that have been dried to a crisp by drought and record heat. Firefighters brought some of the wildfires raging around cities under control.
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Raging forest fires spread across parts of western Russia on Saturday, engulfing 30 percent more territory in just 24 hours, although officials said they were making some progress in fighting back the flames, according to Reuters.
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Twenty-five have suffered in an explosion at a pyrotechnic warehouse in Voronezh on Wednesday. One of the victims died, Itar-Tass quoted a regional department of the Ministry for Emergency Situations as saying.
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