The area around the Nuclear Power Plant was contaminated by radiation during the 1986 disaster<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry has published footage of its rescuers fleeing from a large fire whirl in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
\nThe agency has been tackling blazes near the defunct Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant since last week, but have so far been unable to contain the fire.
\nThe 30 km (19 mile) radius exclusion zone was set up around the plant after the 1986 nuclear disaster. The mostly-forested area of 2,600 km\u00b2 (1,000 square miles) remains closed to the public due to being heavily contaminated with radiation.
\nThe clip, which was uploaded by the ministry on its Telegram channel on Friday, captured the formation of a large fire devil that quickly started moving towards the firefighters, forcing them to jump into their vehicles and retreat.
\n\u201cA Fire tornado: wind, dust and flames merge into one destructive force. That\u2019s exactly how the blazes, which parts of the Kiev Region are constantly fighting in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, look,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n
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Satellites have recorded large plumes of polluted air with increased levels of carbon monoxide extending 170 km from the epicenter of the fire in the exclusion zone. Chernobyl is located around 94 km (60 miles) north of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, near the border with Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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