Could the early start of wildfires in areas as cold as Oymyakon in Yakutia be linked to the so-called 'zombie' (peat) fires? This one outside Khandyga, for example, was first seen by locals in Nov '20. Our footage (filmed end of Feb '21 at -30C) shows that it didn't stop burning pic.twitter.com/NYkt013U2n

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