Reuters: Dense clouds of acrid smoke from peat and forest fires choked Russia's capital on Friday, seeping into homes and offices, diverting planes and prompting exhausted Muscovites to wear surgical masks to filter the foul air. Air pollution surged to five times normal levels in the city of 10.5 million, the highest sustained contamination since Russia's worst heatwave in over a century began a month ago. "It feels like I'm in a burning house and I can't escape," said Yelena Petrenko, ......
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Russia: Planes diverted and offices close as Moscow chokes
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 6th, 2010
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