Firefighters battle blazes in central Russia as wildfires spread
27 August 2021 |
3:14 pm
Russia's central regions are battling "extreme" wildfires fuelled by an unusual heatwave that comes after forest fires linked to climate change ravaged Siberia for most of the summer.
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