Army deployed to control Russian wildfires
On Saturday (July 31), Russia had deployed its army to control the wide spread wildfires that have killed at least 28 people. Evacuation is being hindered by thick smoke and ash due to the waging fire.
RUSSIA HAS deployed its army on Saturday (July 31), to control the wide spread wildfires that have killed at least 28 people. Evacuation is being hindered by thick smoke and ash due to the waging fire.
At least 300 homes in the village of Maslovka, south of Moscow, have been reduced to ash. According to Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, 300 army fire trucks have been dispatched to the affected area.
"Fire and wind have no days off, so we can't take any days off," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told officials. Putin has also announced three million rubles ($100,000) aid for each of the 1,200 homes destroyed so far.
Putin paid a visit to Verkhnyaya Vereya village where all 341 homes got burned and five residents were killed due to fire.
According to the media reports, the rural Voronezh and Nizhny Novgorod provinces were the worst-affected.
"Fire and wind have no days off, so we can't take any days off," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told officials. Putin has also announced three million rubles ($100,000) aid for each of the 1,200 homes destroyed so far.
Putin paid a visit to Verkhnyaya Vereya village where all 341 homes got burned and five residents were killed due to fire.
According to the media reports, the rural Voronezh and Nizhny Novgorod provinces were the worst-affected.
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