With Russia on Covid-19 lockdown, 77 houses were burned down in Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions.
Bus skidded off bridge and flipped in the air before landing on ice of river Kuenga.
Thousands of hectares of land ablaze with no signs of a let-up.
'Scary' scenes as fumes from burning forests cover Lake Baikal, with people - and bears - fleeing 'Apocalypse'.
As it arrives, cosmodrome is hit by claims it is victim of 'fraud of the century'.
Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.
Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.
A meteor? A rocket? A military missile? An UFO? So far no explanation for the lightshow over Trans-Baikal.
Extreme weather phenomena along with wildfires and flooding are the future 'due to global climate change’.