A woman reacts while heavy smoke emits and fire burns in the background due to severe heat, outside the town of Vyksa, some 150 km (93 miles) south-west of the Volga city of Nizhny Novgorod, July 29, 2010. Five people died and hundreds lost their homes as a wave of forest fires spread through central Russia on Friday, fuelled by strong winds and record temperatures, the emergencies ministry said. Picture taken July 29, 2010. [Photo/Agencies]