Siberian city residents advised to stay home to avoid smoke from wildfires
The Peninsula
MOSCOW: Smoke from wildfires covered the Siberian city of Yakutsk on Sunday where people were advised by the mayor to stay home and not open windows as the region fights unprecedented blazes the Kremlin blames on climate change.
Russian military helicopters flew in firefighters earlier this week to battle the Siberian wildfires which raged across 800,000 hectares. "I advise you to stay indoors, follow safety measures and keep windows and doors closed," mayor Evgeny Grigoriev said in a statement. "I advise the city business managers to consider relieving the elderly and people with chronic respiratory illnesses from work until we stabilise the forest fires together."More Related News