Massive wildfires in western and central Russia have killed at least 52 people and blanketed Moscow in dense smoke and smog . According to BBC News , around 560 fires were still burning on Friday. The environmental protection agency of Russia's capital has already stated that carbon monoxide levels in the city's air were five times as high as safe levels and that particulate pollution levels were three times as high as safe levels. The dense smoke also caused chaos at Moscow airports. Visibility at Domodedovo Airport was reportedly around 400 yards (365.76 metres) on Friday, and many flights were either delayed or arrived late. At Russia's Alabinsk military base, located around 45 miles (72.42 kilometres) southwest of Moscow, artillery rockets were moved to a location where they would not be threatened by the fires, said Russia's Ministry of Defence . The fires also burned close to a nuclear missile warning site near Moscow, but a spokesperson for the Russian Space Forces said that the warning center's fire brigades had extinguished two fires in the area. Previously, materials from a nuclear research center in Sarov were moved out of the way of fires to avoid a possible explosion occurring. Fire crews from other nations in both Europe and Asia were arriving to help fight the fires, and a shelter was set up in Kaliningrad to support 150 children from central Russia who were displaced by the crisis.
Massive wildfires in western and central Russia have killed at least 52 people and blanketed Moscow in dense smoke and . According to , around 560 fires were still burning on Friday. The environmental protection agency of Russia's capital has already stated that w|carbon monoxide levels in the city's air were five times as high as safe levels and that pollution levels were three times as high as safe levels. The dense smoke also caused chaos at Moscow airports. Visibility at was reportedly around 400 yards (365.76 metres) on Friday, and many flights were either delayed or arrived late. At Russia's Alabinsk military base, located around 45 miles (72.42 kilometres) southwest of Moscow, were moved to a location where they would not be threatened by the fires, said . The fires also burned close to a nuclear missile warning site near Moscow, but a spokesperson for the said that the warning center's fire brigades had extinguished two fires in the area. Previously, materials from a nuclear research center in were moved out of the way of fires to avoid a possible explosion occurring. Fire crews from other nations in both Europe and Asia were arriving to help fight the fires, and a shelter was set up in to support 150 children from central Russia who were displaced by the crisis.
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