Authorities in Russia's Far East declared a state of emergency on Monday as summer wildfires spread amid intense heat and lightning storms.
The head of the Republic of Sakha, a region also known as Yakutia, wrote on the Telegram messaging app that more than 110 forest fires were raging across about 61,000 hectares, roughly three-quarters the size of New York City.
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