A reporter for Russian state television network Channel One was detained by police for setting a brush fire to set the scene for his report about devastating wildfires in Siberia, the Kommersant newspaper said on April 23.
The Moscow Times: Russian TV reporter starts new fire for film report about devastating wildfires
This undated handout picture released by Russia's Emergency Ministry on April 12, 2015 shows firefighters extinguishing a fire in a village in the region of Khakassia in southeastern Siberia.
