A gas explosion in an apartment building in the south-central Russian city of Novosibirsk Thursday morning killed at least five people, including a 2-year-old child, the regional health ministry said. Regional Gov. Andrey Travnikov said nine people had been taken to the…
They are faced with the hellish aftermaths wrought by the Kremlin’s rain of fire from the skies. The Ukrainian firefighters work to save lives amid the ferocious heat, flames and smoke inflicted by Russia’s unrelenting bombardment of their homeland. One holds…
At least 52 people have died after an explosion in a Siberian coal mine. The blast was caused by a methane gas leak about 250m (820ft) underground. Flames and toxic fumes filled the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo region, forcing…
A spectacular fire gutted a historic factory in Russia's second city Saint Petersburg on Monday, sending clouds of black smoke over the former imperial capital. With the fire still raging Monday evening, the emergencies ministry said the body of one…
The vast Russian region of Siberia will face hot and dry weather this year leading to more forest fires, forecasters said on Tuesday, linking the blazes to climate change. Devastating forest fires have ripped across Siberia with increasing regularity over the past…