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Chernobyl wildfire blankets Kyiv in thick smog
Ukraine’s capital is now among the world’s most polluted cities, an international ranking shows. …read more Source::...
New fires fanned by strong winds flare near Chernobyl in Ukraine
New fires broke out in the area around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant on Thursday, fanned by heavy winds that have made it harder to put out the blaze, Ukrainian officials said. …read more Source::...
Three new wildfires break out near Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Three new wildfires have broken out in the radiation-contaminated evacuation zone around the wrecked Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. …read more Source:: London Evening...
Chernobyl fire: rain has helped extinguish flames, says Ukraine
Grass fires had been spreading into exclusion zone around defunct nuclear reactorOpen flames burning in Chernobyl’s exclusion zone have been extinguished after rain fell in the region north of Kyiv early on Tuesday morning, Ukraine’s emergency service has said, although activists monitoring the wildfires complained they had been...
Chernobyl: Ukraine officials call for calm as fire rages
Firefighters are battling against a blaze raging near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant. …read more Source::...
Chernobyl fire: Ukraine wildfires edge DANGEROUSLY close to site of nuclear disaster
WILDFIRES burning in UKraine are said to be edging extremely close to the Chernobyl nuclear site. …read more Source::...
Ukraine: wildfires draw dangerously close to Chernobyl site
Witnesses accuse government of covering up severity of blaze near site of nuclear disasterWildfires in Ukraine have spread to just over a mile from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and a disposal site for radioactive waste, according to activists, as more than 300 firefighters work to contain the blaze.A video posted by a Chernobyl tour...
Fire raging near Ukraine’s Chernobyl poses radiation risk, say activists
A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometre from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images. …read more Source::...
Chernobyl fire: Toxic fumes near nuclear disaster site could sweep across Europe – warning
TOXIC fumes could soon sweep across vast swathes of Europe from Ukraine, experts have warned, as firefighters battle to contain raging wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. …read more Source::...
Raging forest infernos in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone are now ‘close’ to exploded nuclear reactor
Wildfires burning through radioactive forests in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine are getting ever closer to the exploded nuclear reactor (pictured, forest fires in the famed Exclusion Zone). …read more Source:: Daily...
