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Five Confirmed Dead In Wind-Propelled Siberia Fires

Five Confirmed Dead In Wind-Propelled Siberia Fires

May 8, 2022 2:57 am

Several fires have broken out in southern Siberia, Russia on Saturday, affecting about 200 buildings and causing at least five deaths, local authorities have confirmed declaring a state of emergency.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the fires in the Krasnoyarsk region spread to some sawmills and a children’s playground, the regional ministry for emergencies said on Telegram.

Regional governor Alexandre Uss submitted that high winds of up to 40 metres per second, had brought down trees and power lines across large swathes of the region, sparking the fires which authorities said 300 firemen backed by 90 vehicles were …

19 Killed As Bus Plunges Onto Frozen River In Siberia

December 1, 2019 3:06 pm

A passenger bus plunged off a bridge onto a frozen river in Siberia on Sunday, killing 19 of the more than 40 people on board, authorities said.

A tyre on the bus burst as it was crossing the bridge over the Kuenga river in eastern Siberia’s Zabaikalsky region.

The vehicle, which was travelling from Sretensk to Chita and carried 40 passengers, skidded off the road and onto the ice.

“Nineteen people died and 21 received various injuries,” the office of the governor of the Zabaikalsky region said in a statement.

Two preschool-aged children were reportedly among the dead.

National television …

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