Russian TV Reporter Covering Raging Wildfire Flicks Cigarette Butt on Ground, Starts Fire
There’s a proven scientific link between fires and wildfires. But apparently Russian journalist Mikhail Akinchenko wasn’t briefed on the physics of fire before heading off to report on the deadly wildfires raging in Siberia that have claimed 34 lives and injured 600. Akinchenko, a reporter for Russian state television's Channel One, was at the scene of the fires that have raged for more than a week, covering thousands of square miles, when he flicked a cigarette on to the ground...
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