Mystery surrounds Arctic Siberia

Weird stuff. Would this be a WTF moment?

Mystery surrounds Arctic Siberia as day turns to complete darkness for 3 hours, Russia

The region was hit by bizarre darkness between 11:30 and 14:00 local time Friday, with Eveno-Bytantaisky and Zhigansky first reporting the mysterious phenomenon. Reports received over the next couple of days also included the district of Verkhoyansky, making the territory affected by the mysterious darkness larger than Italy, The Siberian Times reports.
https://watchers.news/2018/07/24/mystery-surrounds-arctic-siberia-as-day-turns-to-complete-darkness-for-3-hours-russia/

Fires? https://www.livescience.com/63143-siberia-pollution-eclipse.html