Fire fighters were battling at the weekend to douse fires in the north of the region that cloaked the town of Nizhny Novgorod, the regional capital, in smoke.

上周末，消防战士扑灭了该地区北部的大火，解决了曾被吞噬的下诺夫哥罗德，但地区首府仍浓烟密布。