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Strong winds fanned the flames of dozens of forest fires in southern Russia around Lake Baikal in the third week of May 2008. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry warned residents that winds were expected to pick up in the middle of the week, spreading fires dangerously close to cities, including Irkutsk and Bratsk, and threatening the regions’s many dachas.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.
Published May 17, 2008 Data acquired May 16, 2008