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United Kingdom Thousands deployed to battle deadly forest fires
Published on 31/07/2010
Thousands of firefighters and army troops are battling Russias massive forest fires amid a record heatwave, in a bid to bring hundreds of blazes under control and prevent flames from spreading further to western Russia.