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Russian Federation (the): Wild Fire: 2002/06

Period	2002/06
Country or District	Russian Federation (the)
Event Type	Wild Fire
Outline	In the vast forest area in Russia, the fire has broken out at the worst ever pace. 6400 square kilometers was burned down from February, this year in the Russia whole country. Destruction-by-fire area reaches 3.7 times by the synchronous ratio last year.

Summary
Human Impact	Physical Impact	Others
asahi.com (Japanese) 2002/06/10
	6,400 square kilometers forest were burned by the fire. 1,500 houses sank, and more than 10 million people were evacuated.

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