Nearly 10,000 people continue fighting natural fires in Russia's Ryazan

STORY: Nearly 10,000 people continue fighting natural fires in Russia's Ryazan DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:30 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of smoke over forest, Ryazan region 2. various of member of EMERCOM 3. various of smoke clouds over forest 4. various of Be-200 aircraft flying over/on water STORYLINE: Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) reported on Friday that more than 9,600 people were involved in the effort to extinguish the wildfires across the Ryazan region. The agency also reported the facilities involved in extinguishing fires included 18 aircraft. According to EMERCOM, as of 14:58 (1158 GMT) on Friday, seven fires were burning in the region. Three were localized in an area of 150 hectares. The aircraft performed a total of 2,783 discharges (over 200 per day), dropping 20,877 tons of water (over 1,500 per day). A representative of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Oleg Grebenyuk, also reported on the plan to use the "backfire" technique: d