INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Several fires have broken out in southern Siberia, affecting about 200 buildings and causing at least five deaths, local authorities said on
Saturday, adding they had placed the area under a state of emergency.The fires in the Krasnoyarsk region covered more than 16 zones,
spreading to around 200 buildings, several sawmills and a children's playground, the regional ministry for emergencies said on
Telegram.Officials said some 300 firefighters and 90 vehicles were battling the blazes."Extinguishing (the fires) is being complicated by
suffered from large-scale fires for some years
Last year, they belched 16 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere, according to an annual European climate report.
