Red Dawn

Wildfires are raging across Russia and frantic efforts of thousands of volunteers have yet to quell the flames.

AUGUST 6, 2010

More than 800 Russian wildfires have been reported since they first ignited nearly a week ago. The wildfires, a result of the country's worst heat wave in recorded history, have claimed 52 lives thus far and left more than 3,000 people homeless. A man stands in a forest ablaze near the village Golovanovo in the Ryazan region on Aug. 5.  

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SALLAMADALLAMA

9:47 AM ET

August 7, 2010

red dawn

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FILIPJONES

5:01 AM ET

August 11, 2010

This wildfire partially

This wildfire partially caused by sunlight, which warms the Earth, and is composed of millions of strong beams of light. The international community must help Russia to douse this fire because sooner or later, it is gonna effect the whole Earth.
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MARKHAMLET

10:03 AM ET

August 7, 2010

other solutions

why doesn't the government pass out gas masks you know they've got a stockpile of them just sitting in warehouses. they would be a lot more efficient than surgical masks ! and fewer people would come down with serious breathing problems over the course of this disaster. markhamlet