Two of the three hospitals that were evacuated last week over wildfires in the central Russian city of Voronezh have resumed work, local health officials said Monday.
Forest fires have been raging around Voronezh since Thursday. Flames have killed five people and left over 500 homeless.
The patients and staff of three city hospitals were evacuated on Thursday and Friday as flames encroached.
"Routine work has now been resumed in hospitals No. 4 and No.11. Hospital No.8 will resume work after the Emergencies Ministry issues a permit," an official said.
The worst wildfires in decades have swept across much of the central part of European Russia as temperatures soar to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered on Monday the governors of 14 Russian regions affected by the blazes, which have so far have killed at least 34 people, to hand in lists of casualties and reconstruction plans.
VORONEZH, August 2 (RIA Novosti)
