An 81-year-old mushroom picker became stuck in a bog in Sverdlovsk Oblast. After a bear prevented rescuers from reaching her on foot, a helicopter team located her by the white handkerchief she waved.
A 35-year-old electrician in Sochi walked into a forest after an electric shock and a fall from a pole. Rescuers searched for him, and he later came out of the forest safely.
Rescuers in Krasnoyarsk stopped an uncontrolled motorboat after a father fell into the Yenisei River, leaving his eight-year-old son aboard. Passing fishermen pulled the father from the water, and both were safely brought ashore.
A mushroom picker from Barnaul became stranded after his car got stuck in a forest near Pavlovsk. A numbered forest marker and his charged phone helped rescuers find him.
Two fishermen in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast were stranded after the current carried away their boat from Nasypnoy Island. A rescue team reached the island and brought both men safely ashore.
Rescuers in Oryol carefully removed a plastic kaleidoscope from a girl’s finger after her grandmother asked for help. The work took 15 minutes, and the girl was not injured.
Wind and high waves carried two fishermen far from shore on the Dundinskoye Reservoir in Stavropol Krai. Rescuers found them near the opposite shore and safely brought them back to land.
Rescuers in Krasnoyarsk Krai freed a frightened horse after steel wire became tangled around its neck. They waited for the animal to calm down before cutting the wire with a special tool.
Fuel shortages and sales limits have returned in parts of Russia. Reuters reported long queues at petrol stations in Moscow, while the government has restricted fuel exports.
Six further tremors were recorded around Granada overnight on August 19, following a magnitude 4.8 earthquake the day before. Authorities are inspecting damaged buildings, while the Alhambra has partly reopened.
