This image shows us extensive wildfires in Siberia. This exceptional image show how the smoke trails of wildfires over Siberia in July 2016. A state of emergency has been declared because of the large wildfires, with some 8,000 hectares of forest and tundra destroyed. Hot, dry weather in the Arctic means that during a 24 hour period some 1,000 hectares of tundra has been destroyed.