Forest Fires near Irkutsk Region in Russia

A Greenpeace Russia team flies to Siberia to bear witness of the disastrous fires blazing currently on a huge area. The images are taken in the Irkutsk region where at this moment the fires cover an area of about 1.3 million hectares (3.2 million acres).
Special forces from Avialesookhrana (the airborne forest guard) fight the fires but many of them are beyond their reach.
Burning forests dramatically boost climate change and become a climate emergency.

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Unique identifier: GP0STTQEU

Type: Image

Shoot date: 09/08/2019

Locations: Eastern Europe, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, Siberia

Credit line: © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Size: 5184px × 3888px 6MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Forest Fire near Irkutsk Region in Russia (Photos)

A Greenpeace Russia team flies to Siberia to bear witness of the disastrous fires blazing currently on a huge area. The images are taken in the Irkutsk region where at this moment the fires cover an area of about 1.3 million hectares (3.2 million acres).
Special forces from Avialesookhrana (the airborne forest guard) fight the fires but many of them are beyond their reach.
Burning forests dramatically boost climate change and become a climate emergency.

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