A volunteer prepares to extinguish forest fires, in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia. 208 wildfires are taking place across Russia's Sakha Republic (Yakutia), covering a total area of over 1.5 million hectares. Russia has been plagued by widespread forest fires, blamed on unusually high temperatures and the neglect of fire safety rules, with the Sakha-Yakutia region in northeastern Siberia being the worst affected.
- Package: Russia Wildfires
- Categories: Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia
- Event date: 16.07.2021
- Date published: 21.07.2021
- Author: Nina Sleptsova
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5528x3773px, 13.7Mb
- Job-ID: 242474a80403818