A forest fire near Kyuyorelyakh village at Gorny Ulus in Russia, in August 2021.
Mandatory Credit:	Ivan Nikiforov/AP

A forest fire near Kyuyorelyakh village at Gorny Ulus in Russia, in August 2021.
Mandatory Credit: Ivan Nikiforov/AP

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Putin tells local officials to do better on fighting Siberian fires

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered regional officials on Tuesday to do more to tackle fires raging in Siberia, after at least eight people were killed over the weekend and hundreds of buildings burned.