Trans-Baikal:
Emergency officials in Russia said on Thursday that wildfires have swept across southern Siberia, and destroying houses in several villages and endangering others. No deaths have been reported.
The Emergency Situations Ministry said on Thursday that 59 fires were raging in the region east of Lake Baikal, thousands of kilometres east of Moscow.
More than 9,200 hectares (22,700 acres) have been affected.
One of the fires swept through the Vasilyevsky Khutor village, putting four people in hospital with burns.
The ministry said the fire was triggered by local residents burning rubbish.
On Wednesday, fires destroyed houses in other villages and cut power supplies to more than four-thousand residents.
Large areas in Russia are regularly affected by wildfires, often triggered by disregard for safety rules.