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MOSCOW — The battle against forest and peat bog fires in Russia continued Sunday, with new fires at one nuclear research site just after firefighters had succeeded in securing another one.
A fire had erupted near the nuclear research center in Snezhinsk, the civil defense ministry said Sunday.
More than 250 new fires had broken out over the past 24 hours, the ministry said.
With Russia still suffering from ongoing dry conditions and heat up to 104 degrees, nearly 500,000 acres of land were ablaze.
