Part of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone where the infamous power plant explosion occurred in 1986 is on fire, and radiation in the area is spiking.. The fire covers about 50 acres (20 hectares) near ...

Thirty-three years after reactor No. 4 melted down at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine — permanently evacuating entire towns, killing thousands and creating a massive...

The Chernobyl exclusion zone, which remains largely unpopulated, has been mostly overtaken by nature, making it prone to forest fires.

Around the Chernobyl NPP within a radius of 30 km was created exclusion zone, called the Chernobyl zone. From this area, it was evacuated thousands of people from 186 settlements of Ukraine and Belarus.

Chernobyl exclusion zone – is area affected by the disaster, over 2600 square kilometers in size, numbering several dozen abandoned villages, several burial grounds, many forests and fields. There is a lot of wild animals in the forests.

Thirty years after the disaster, much of the Exclusion Zone—now encompassing 1000 miles and also called the Zone of Alienation—is still strictly off-limits. The area remains a chilling reminder of...

The Chernobyl exclusion zone map with objects https://www.chernobyl-tour.com/english

Today, the 30-kilometer radius around the most contaminated area—the exclusion zone—is a mausoleum of man’s technological folly. Its ruination has become a symbol of the failed utopian ideals of...

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...