A police officer walks along a street of the burning village of Smolenka near Chita on Monday, April 13, 2015. Russian authorities say out-of-control agricultural fires have killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds more and destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 homes in Siberia. The fires were started by farmers burning the grass in their fields, but spread quickly because of strong winds. (Photo by Evgeny Yepanchintsev/AP Photo)

People watch burning houses in the village of Smolenka near Chita on Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Evgeny Yepanchintsev/AP Photo)

A man tries to save his house from fires spreading from burning neighboring homes in the village of Smolenka near Chita on Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Evgeny Yepanchintsev/AP Photo)

Local resident Mikhail Kychakov, who was injured while saving his mother from a burning house, stands amidst debris of a building in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. Four people have been killed by wildfires raging though the grasslands of Russia's Khakassia republic in southern Siberia, the TASS news agency reported on April 12. More than 20 villages and towns have been damaged by the fires that have been burning for several days in dry and windy weather, the Emergency Ministry said. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Family members walk away while passing the debris of destroyed buildings in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A man looks out from a downhole in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Local resident Gennady Simonov smokes near his burnt garage, with a BMW car inside, in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

The carcass of a dog is seen near the debris of destroyed buildings in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Local residents stand amidst the debris of a burnt building in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Firefighters work amidst the debris of a burnt building in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A worker operates a mobile crane while lifting a burnt electric line mast in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A man looks downhill at the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. Wildfires in the Russian region of Khakassia in southern Siberia have killed 15 people and caused damage worth at least $96 million, the region's leader said on Monday. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Local resident Sergei Shvedchikov, 61, carries scrap metal from his burnt house in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Dogs are seen near the debris of a burnt building in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Local resident Rita Chernyshova stands amidst the debris of her burnt house in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A girl walks near the debris of burnt buildings in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Women walk near the debris of burnt buildings in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Burnt vehicles are seen in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A firefighter works amidst the debris of a burnt building in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Men walk past a burnt vehicle in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Boys hold bicycles near the debris of burnt buildings in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Firefighters search for the body of an elderly woman, who presumably was killed by the fire, amidst the debris of her house in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Local resident Sergei Shvedchikov, 61, enters his burnt house to collect scrap metal in the settlement of Shyra, damaged by recent wildfires, in Khakassia region, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Police officers block a road to the burning village of Smolenka near Chita on Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Evgeny Yepanchintsev/AP Photo)