Yakutsk, currently hosting the Children of Asia International sports games was forced to halt arrivals and departures.

Premier Dmitry Medvedev warned it will take two to three weeks to extinguish the fires raging across Siberia.

Destruction of trees by flames could see Batagai Depression ‘rapidly enlarge’ while remote local settlements also threatened.

Chronic wildfires across Siberia have forced birds to flock to the extreme west of Europe in search of sanctuary, it is claimed.

A family was rescued by helicopter after chopping birch trees and using them to spell 'SOS' when they were ringed by blazing wildfires.

Dramatic video shows the bird staying put in clouds of caustic smoke.

Tyva republic registers Saudi-like heat but is also hit by wildfires.

Il-76 plane crashed while battling wildfires; Minister vows 'We will never forget them.'

Distressing images from infernos that left 645 people without homes, and dozens injured.

Say that again? The Arctic on fire?