Huge damage wrought by forest fires is sparked by failure to apply safety laws, complained Yuri Chaika.
Boy, 11, jumped from 4th floor window engulfed by inferno; girl, 12, phoned aunt to say ‘Please tell Mum I love her'.
Oilmen forced to stop work after being trapped in 'horseshoe' of burning taiga, as pall of smoke smothers Irkutsk region where state of emergency imposed.
Pristine forests around the world's oldest lake go up in flames.
'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.
Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.
A smoky haze in British Columbia originated in Eastern Siberia, says a top Canadian meteorologist.
After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.