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Sat 08 Aug 2010Concern as fire nears Russian arms site
Russian troops dug a 8km long canal to keep fires caused by a record heatwave away from a nuclear arms site, local media said today as air pollution from the crisis rose to more than six times above normal.
Forest and peat fires caused by the hottest weather ever recorded in Moscow have killed at least 52 people, made more than 4,000 homeless, diverted many flights and forced Muscovites to wear surgical masks to filter out foul air.
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