Some airports in Russia’s Siberia region are currently suffering from serious overcrowding as smoke from vast forest wildfires has caused a severe drop in visibility, leaving many planes stuck on the ground, unable to take off.
According to the latest reports, the fires, which have engulfed Russia’s distant Yakutia region for two months, are currently covering an area of 1.41 million hectares. The country’s Ministry of Emergency Situations is working to fight the flames, and has put out fires of more than 253,000 hectares during the past 24 hours.
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