The smog from Russia's fires has enveloped Kazakhstan's Kostanai region.
"The smog has come from the Kazakh-Russian border regions – Chelyabinsk and Kurgan with their burning forests and fields. There are no forests that can create such a strong smog in our territory," the spokesman for the Regional Emergency Situations Department Dastan Zhumabayev told Interfax-Kazakhstan.
According to him, the situation is aggravated by anomalous heat that prevails in the area. The authority expects the smoke to clear in a week.
