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 ...

The word “Chernobyl” and the phrase “forest fires” are scary enough on their own. But put the two together in one sentence and add Russian soldiers hampering efforts to control the fires, and you have ...

More than 10,000 hectares of forest are burning in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone a Ukrainian official has warned. Lyudmila Denisova, commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights said ...

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A forest fire is burning in the evacuated area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and is causing elevated radiation levels, authorities said Sunday. The blaze has spread to ...