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Russia is on fire: forests and houses are burning en masse in Siberia, urgent evacuation has begun (www-dialog-ua.translate.goog)

submitted 6 months ago by mozz@mbin.grits.dev to c/news@beehaw.org

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Original source (Russian): https://www.dialog.ua/russia/294463_1715001369

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I thought they were massively flooded? I guess both can be true when you have a huge country.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

About 11% of the Earth's land is Russia. It is bigger than three of the continents, and within a whisker of the size of the fourth (South America).

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying it's big? /s

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 3 points 6 months ago

Yuge

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 months ago

Happened in Australia in the same location last year... They went from bush fires to flooding in a day.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-state-swings-bush-fires-flash-flooding-24-hours-2023-10-03/

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A fire? at the sea parks?

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago

At this time of the year?

[–] Psynthesis@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know how, but I bet Putin will spin this into some pro war argument.

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He'll have to be inventive. It's literally on the other side of the country from Ukraine. The closest borders are Mongolia and China

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 6 points 6 months ago

Ukrainian infiltrators started the fires using the jewish space lasers the Americans are raving about!

(It's actually frightening, that only the reasonable part of that sentence is made up)

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He’s a resourceful guy. I believe in him.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If the Ukrainians and the West hadn't made us invade with all their provocations, then the firefighting services would have been fully staffed and available to fight the fire. If you lost property or loved ones in the fire, just know, it's on the Ukrainians' heads. How DARE they. And that's why we have to defeat them, which we're already doing, of course.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

Hey hey, no need to make his job easier, okay? Also, no spoilers.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 6 points 6 months ago

putin has issued a warning promising fire that this will have consequences.