A Russian firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a forest near the village of Kupavna, about 30 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. The wildfires in Russia killed 40 people, according to 02 August report of the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
A Russian firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a forest near the village of Kupavna, about 30 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. The wildfires in Russia killed 40 people, according to 02 August report of the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
Russian firefighters cut a forest aisle between a forest and the village of Kupavna to block a fire from the village in Moscow region, about 30 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. The wildfires in Russia killed 40 people, according to 02 August report of the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
A Russian firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a forest near the village of Kupavna, about 30 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. The wildfires in Russia killed 40 people, according to 02 August report of the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
A Russian firefighter works to extinguish a forest fire near the settlement of Provolochnoye in the Vyksa district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, about 300 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
A Russian firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a forest near the village of Kupavna in Moscow region, about 30 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. The wildfires in Russia killed 40 people, according to 02 August report of the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
A Russian firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a forest near the village of Kupavna, about 30 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. The wildfires in Russia killed 40 people, according to 02 August report of the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
Russian firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a forest near the village of Kupavna in Moscow region, about 30 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. The wildfires in Russia killed 40 people, according to 02 August report of the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
Russian firefighters make cut a forest aisle between a forest and the village of Kupavna to block a fire from the village in Moscow region, about 30 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. The wildfires in Russia killed 40 people, according to 02 August report of the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
A Russian firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a forest near the village of Kupavna, about 30 km from Moscow, Russia, 03 August 2010. The wildfires in Russia killed 40 people, according to 02 August report of the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry. Wildfires continued to rage in Russia on 03 August, threatening villages and encroaching on a nuclear research centre. In the country the situation worsened, with up to 400 new fires flaring up, according to the head of the national emergency centre, Vladimir Stepanov. Russia is experiencing its hottest and driest period in more than 130 years. Meteorologists are warning that no relief is in sight, with temperatures in some areas expected to top 40 degrees Celsius by the end of the week. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
