The World's Biggest Fires May Reach Moscow Thanks to Putin

[Jilly_in_VA]

Russia is on fire.

Massive wildfires are wiping out entire Siberian villages, killing people, emitting dangerous smoke, and destroying woods and national parks across more than 5 million hectares.

The fires, which started in May in Yakutia, are now larger than all wildfires around the planet combined, according to Greenpeace. There is no official death toll yet, but at least five people are known to have died so far.

For months, Russian authorities have been saying that the situation was under control. Finally, on Thursday, the minister of Emergency Situations, Yevgeny Zinichev, traveled to the epicenter of the disaster in Yakutia and concluded: the fires will reach Moscow, if nobody stops them.

There are more than 3,000 miles between Moscow and Yakutia, a republic four times the size of France, located in northeastern Siberia. It is one of the coldest places on the planet in winter time. But this summer has been unusually hot, with unprecedented droughts and strong winds fueling the disaster.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-worlds-biggest-fires-may-reach-moscow-thanks-to-vladimir-putin?ref=home
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Scary stuff

[BigmanPigman]

1. Two days ago I sent my sister a post on DU about Sicily being 120

and she replied, "I guess we'll have to vacation in Siberia from now on". Then I sent her the article about Siberia and told her to cross that off her list too.

[Carlitos Brigante]

2. Now that's competence in action folks. Maybe that platypus

lipped dickbag should spend more time taking care of the country and less time clutching his pearls about gay people existing.

[Maraya1969]

3. It would be great if Moscow burned. That is the only way Putin would ever think about

doing something to mitigate things, if it hits his home. He is just like Trump

[Hekate]

4. Yakutia is more than 3,000 miles away from Moscow. I'm not sure the headline computes...

The fact that Siberia could burn at all, much less on the scale it is now, is catastrophic — for them and for the planet.

But reach Moscow? Not so sure about that.

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. Read the article

The point is that Putin's incompetence is letting the fires burn unchecked, and that being the case, and with prevailing winds, anything could happen. If the fires were to start reaching the cities (and yes, there are cities in Siberia, look at a map) this could get very serious. Political unrest would be the next big thing. And then maybe....buh-bye, Vlad.