Chernobyl: When fire hits a post-nuclear wilderness – BBC News

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Wildfires have destroyed large parts of the forest inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine.

Radiation levels remain within the normal range, but the fires have had a significant impact on wildlife there.

The site of the world’s worst nuclear accident has become a unique conservation area that is home to many rare animals and plants.

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