Flames Block News Today

Russia clamped a state of emergency on 500 towns and villages today. crews say theyre gaining on hundreds of wildfires, but the damage is done. 34 people dead, thousands left homeless. senior international correspondent matthew chance reports. >> captured on amateur video, it looks like the road to hell. the four russians in the car are desperately trying to escape wildfires surrounding their village. through the wind screen, ann inferno rages. flames block the road. for a terrifying moment, pan...

Inferno rages. fallen trees engulfed by flames block the road for a terrifying moment panic sets in. "get back!" they shout. lets go. in western and central russia wildfires are leaving a trail of death and destruction. across this vast region the forests have turned to tinder ignited by the slightest spark. the air is full of this choking smoke from the wood flames. theeon growth is all turned to ashes. of course, the flames are so ferocious, theyre consuming everything in their path. we travel...

The highest temperatures in this part of russia, more than 104 fahrenheit is the temperature being recorded here in the daytime. its the driest its been in this part of the world since the early 1970s. those two factors have combined producing these ferocious wildfires that are literally consuming everything in their path, whole villages are being laid to waste by the flames. thousands of people are having to escape the flames as they approach from the forest surrounding this area. some of them ...