This is not the first fire in the Chernobyl Zone. In 1992, 17000 ha were burned. Fires also enveloped the zone in 2003, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Until now, the largest conflagration was in ...

The chairman of the Chernobyl Forum, Dr Burton Bennett, said: "This latest research can help to settle the outstanding questions about how much death, disease and economic fallout really resulted ...