On the ashes

In Khakassia and Transbaikalia, fires raged all week

In only one day, more than 8 thousand people were left without shelter. The flame destroyed 1900 houses, more than 35 people died, 800 in hospitals with burns and carbon monoxide poisoning. The New Times photo report is that fire left behind

Chita - in smoke from approaching fires. Amateur shooting on the night of April 15 to 16, 2015
Spring Pal - arson of dry grass - have become one of the causes of the disaster. From strong wind, the grass flashed like gunpowder. The flame from the steppe or forest attacked the villages, not giving a chance to salvation. And there is nothing to extinguish the fire. Often one column with water throughout the district.

Mikhail Kushakov barely managed to save his mother from the fire, pos. Shira, Khakassia, April 13, 2015

When the photographer Ilya Naimushin arrived in the Khakass village of Shira on April 13, he burned almost to the ground, only pipes remained from housing - 450 houses destroyed fire overnight.

“People returned to the ashes, roaming like zombies (pictures on page 20–21). Some scrap metal is collected. Such a psychological reaction, ”he said NT . - But everyone was calm, unlike the city - those at once had tears ... And these even joked. Also a kind of protection. ”

The oilman Gennady Simonov, having returned from the shift, found that his brand new BMW burned down with everything in the garage, pos. Shira, Khakassia, April 13, 2015

Rescuers are looking for the body of a woman who died during a fire in the ruins. Shira, Khakassia, April 13, 2015
In Khakassia, they coped with fire. And Transbaikalia is blazing. Per day, April 15-16, fire area doubled - 104 thousand hectares of forest are already on fire. 19 villages were injured. From 200 houses only ash remained.
Photo: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters, xn-j1aidcn.org, foto.chita.ru/aleksey of the Volovikov