Russia: Siberian forest fire extinguished with mine clearing missiles

A forest fire in the Irkutsk region of Russia was extinguished on Tuesday with the help of two UR-77 Meteorit mine clearing vehicles. The systems fire missiles which burn out oxygen upon detonation and therefore limit the capacity of fires to spread.
According to information provided by the Central Military District of Russia, two Meteorit units were transferred by aircraft from Kemerovo earlier on Monday in order to extinguish a massive forest fire in the area.
Along with the mine clearing vehicles around 150 servicemen from emergency motorised divisions and several aircraft and helicopters were also involved in the fire extinguishing operations in the region.