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Trip operator Yaroslav Emelianenko said one had actually reached the deserted town of Pripyat, which used to serve the plant.
The NGO’s Russia branch, quoted by Reuters, stated the largest fire covered 34,000 hectares, while a 2nd fire just a kilometre from the former plant was 12,000 hectares in area.
Firebreaks around the plant
Police stated the fire had actually been burning considering that the weekend of 4 April, after a male set fire to dry turf near the exclusion zo
