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As global temperatures rise, the once reliably frozen Arctic has seen a rash of massive wildfires in recent years. And while biting winter cold and heavy snow are enough to eventually suppress most blazes, scientists say the right conditions can create fires that just will not die.

Ice on fire: first wildfires are registered around the world’s Pole of Cold in Yakutia 04 May 2021 Could burning ground in an area as extremely cold as Oymyakon be caused by zombie fires? 1 May 2021 wildfire south of Oymyakon (Yakutia), the coldest inhabited settlement on Earth. Picture: Pierre Markuse  The air temperature in the Oymyakon district of Yakutia is still negative at nights, with daytime just about climbing over 1C. Snow is beginning to melt, but rivers are still locked in ice for at least a couple weeks more - which is completely normal for Oymyakon, the coldest permanently in...

Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in northeastern Yakutia 27 January 2021 Pillars of smoke filmed over the areas hit by last summer’s wildfires despite the current long spell of extremely cold weather. Zombie fires in northeastern Yakutia, Russia's largest and coldest inhabited region. Picture: The Siberian Times The latest sighting of winter - zombie - fires was recorded on 23 January by the village of Saydy in the Tomponsky district of Yakutia, some 400km north-east of the republic’s capital Yakutsk.  Local man Ivan Zakharov who filmed the fire at -50C told The ...