Outside of St. Louis a fire in an underground landfill has been approaching a nuclear waste which was buried in the ground. The fire is still quite a ways away from the nuclear waste but if it were to get close enough it could potentially explode, which would be a disaster. However the EPA is insistent that there is no cause for alarm.
The US has had problems with fires before, such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Hopefully this fire will have a less disastrous impact.
http://www.npr.org/2015/11/03/454010066/landfill-fire-threatens-nuclear-waste-site-outside-st-louis
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