The Chernobyl nuclear accident happened 34 years ago this month, and now a new disaster could be bearing down on the region. A few weeks ago forest fires started burning inside the exclusion zone, and ...

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 ...

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukrainian firefighters labored into Sunday night trying to put out two forest blazes in the area around the Chernobyl nuclear power station, which was evacuated because of ...

A huge forest fire close to Chernobyl nuclear plant has been put out, according to authorities in Ukraine on Tuesday (April 14). They said hundreds of emergency workers had used planes and helicopters ...

In this photo taken from the roof of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant late Friday April 10, 2020, a forest fire is seen burning near the plant inside the exclusion zone. Ukrainian firefighters ...

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 environmental conditions around Chernobyl are not ...