An Emergencies Ministry helicopter drops water over the burning Taiga wood near Boguchany
An Emergencies Ministry MI-8MTV-2 helicopter drops three tons of water over the burning Taiga wood near the village of Boguchany, about 560 km (348 miles) northeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, June 2, 2011. Dry, hot weather, dry thunder storms and human factors influenced the distribution of the fires in Siberia, according to Emergencies Ministry members. Picture taken June 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)