Sono 776 gli incendi finora registrati, di cui 57 in torbiere

(AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Local people attempt to extinguish a forest fire near the suburb of the town of Voronezh some 500 km (294 miles) south of Moscow, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. Hundreds of new fires broke out Sunday in Russian forests and fields that have been dried to a crisp by drought and record heat.