MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian firefighters worked to tackle blazes burning through forests southeast of Moscow on Thursday as residents of the capital complained of sweltering heat and the pungent smell of smoke.
Smoke has drifted into Moscow this week from the Ryazan region, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) away, where officials have been scrambling personnel to put out the fires.
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