Russia fires cover 100,000 hectares (AFP)

A woman sits surrounded by the remains of her house in the village of Mokhovoye, some 130 kilometers from Moscow on July 31, 2010. Thousands of firefighters, including soldiers, battled forest fires raging across central Russia in the worst heatwave for decades.(AFP/Artyom Korotayev)AFP - Forest fires in Russia's Far East region covered 100,000 hectares, an official at the region's forestry department said Sunday.