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Russians fight to keep wildfires away from top secret nuke plants

Fierce wildfires raging across Russia are a risk to the top-secret capital of its nuclear research industry, officials admitted last night. Two soldiers were killed yesterday fighting blazes dangerously close to the highly sensitive town of Sarov, despite claims in …

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2010 Russian wildfires

The 2010 Russian wildfires are a series of hundreds of wildfires that broke out across Russia, primarily in the west, from late July 2010 to present, due to record temperatures (hottest summer in Russian history) and drought in the region. …

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Weather helps fight against California fire

Fog and light winds were helping contain a wildfire that had ravaged parts of Southern California and scorched nearly 9,000 acres, authorities said late Saturday. Mandatory evacuation orders had been downgraded to warnings in some areas in Santa Barbara County …

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California WildFire May 2009

Recorded on May 7, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder.  – by SheFanVideos

California wildfire unchecked as night falls

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Firefighters wary of unpredictable “sundowner” winds fought on Thursday to keep a wildfire that destroyed dozens of multimillion-dollar homes from burning through the city of Santa Barbara. Although there were no further reports on Thursday of houses lost in the …

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