This picture taken on April 5, 2020, shows a person holding a Geiger counter at the scene of a forest fire at a 30-kilometer (19-mile) Chernobyl exclusion zone, not far from the nuclear power plant. - ...

With fires raging across Chernobyl, radiation levels have spiked 16 times above the normal amount in the uninhabited area. Firefighters in Ukraine have been battling two forest fires in an area near ...

Radiation levels in the Chernobyl exclusion zone spiked 17 times over the normal background reading Sunday, the head of Ukraine's ecological watchdog said Sunday, as forest fires blazed about 12 miles ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Two fires broke out over the weekend near Chernobyl, and authorities say radiation levels have spiked to alarming levels closest to the fire's center. Emergency crews continued to ...

Radiation levels surged 17 times higher than normal this week near the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, as forest fires tore through the disaster area, officials said. Ukraine’s emergency ...

On Saturday, a fire broke out near the village of Vladimirovka, a town which sits within the deserted 1,000 square mile exclusion zone near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, causing radiation levels ...

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Massive forest fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone have sent atmospheric radiation soaring to 17 times higher than normal levels, Ukrainian officials have warned. Chernobyl: what is the history, ...

When most Americans plan vacations, they don’t think about radioactive zones. Yet, Chernobyl tourism has become something much deeper. I’ve walked those empty streets myself. It felt like stepping ...

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