Officials say the fires, fuelled by high winds and dry weather,
destroyed 1,200 houses in 30 towns and villages.
They were helped by water-bombing aircraft. Five cases of
alleged criminal negligence have been opened.
At least 5,000 people have fled to emergency accommodation.
Authorities in the Khakassia republic - part of the Russian
Federation - have decided to ban alcohol sales while the state of emergency
continues in the region.
There are suspicions that farmers burning grass in their fields
were to blame.
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