120 thousand hectares of forest are on in Russia in 17 regions. 29 people died. Basically, civilians who burned down with their houses in the villages. Compare the victims of forest fires in Russia and in Western countries. Germany, August 1975. Due to large-scale forest fires, 5 firefighters died. In 2000, fires were blazing in Europe everywhere: in Southern France, behind the Pyrenees in Spain, on Corsica, in Italy. There are no victims. In Spain, in July 2005, 11 firefighters died.