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Greenpeace: Russian Wildfires Could Spread Chernobyl Fumes

HeadlineAug 11, 2010

Deadly wildfires sparked by a heat wave in Russia are now raising fears of the potential spread of radioactive fumes from the Chernobyl disaster of twenty-four years ago. The environmental group Greenpeace says the fires have broken out in regions still contaminated by the April 1986 explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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