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Peat Fire Warfare in Shatura Traps Moscow Region
Chief Alexander Baulin grapples with peat field fires that rage beneath a heat wave, burning acres daily. In two-thirds of the 180-square-mile district east of Moscow, 520 firefighters plus 100 contractors battle smoke and water debt as temperatures soar above 86 F for a month. The emergency strains budgets and manpower while Shatura’s dachas become a war zone.
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Shatura
Russia
Alexander Baulin
Baylin
Moscow
Oetolers
Ranglers
Nature’s Revenge