Chernobyl

Forest fires race across treetops in Chernobyl exclusion zone

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Forest fires are edging towards radioactive dumps in the Chernobyl exclusion zone amid warnings of a ‘catastrophic’ threat.    Pictures show smoke blowing over the ‘sarcophagus’ of reactor number four, which exploded in the world’s worst nuclear accident in what was then the USSR in 1986.  So-called ‘crown fires’ – when flames spread at great speed … Read more

Raging forest infernos in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone are now ‘close’ to exploded nuclear reactor

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Raging forest infernos in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone burning for eight days are now ‘close’ to exploded nuclear reactor amid new fears of radiation contamination Wildfires burning through Chernobyl forests are nearing the nuclear reactor There are fears that flames could reach radioactive trucks and vehicles abandoned after the notorious 1986 power station explosion Kiev has … Read more