At least eight people have been killed as a new wave of wildfires fuelled by powerful winds and scorching temperatures burned down hundreds of homes in several regions in Russia.<br /><br />Emergency teams have been deployed to battle and contain the blazes that engulfed more than a dozen villages and towns, but many residents complained that the government's response has been slow and insufficient.<br /><br />The latest blazes come after destructive wildfires in July and August killed at least 54 people in central Russia amid the country's worst heat wave ever recorded. <br /><br />Neave Barker reports from Moscow.<br /><br />[September 3, 2010]
