Dry Grass Fire in the Astrakhan Nature Reserve

A volunteer tries to extinguish dry grass fires.
Greenpeace is in an expedition in the Astrakhan Reserve to help protect this area and extinguish the fires.
The spring burning of dry grass in Russia is a big problem with which forest and fire departments have been struggling unsuccessfully for years. Unlike forest fires, some of which may be due to natural causes, grass burns are manmade nearly 90 percent of the time.

Unique identifier: GP0STOVFG

Type: Image

Shoot date: 04/03/2015

Locations: Astrakhan Nature Reserve, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

Credit line: © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Firefighting Expedition in the Astrakhan Region in Russia

The spring burning of dry grass in Russia is a big problem with which forest and fire departments have been struggling unsuccessfully for years. Unlike forest fires, some of which may be due to natural causes, grass burns are manmade nearly 90 percent of the time. Greenpeace carries out an expedition in the Astrakhan Nature Reserve to help protect this area and extinguish the fires.

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