The battle to contain a fire at the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster reveals a new danger on the front line of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A baby elk was rescued by Ukrainian firefighters as they battled a forest fire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the State ...

A large forest fire is spreading through the Chernobyl exclusion zone after a drone struck the area yesterday. Though the fire is serious, those on the ground say the risk of radioactive contamination ...

A forest fire broke out Tuesday near the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, scene of the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster in 1986, but posed no danger to the site, officials said. “The fire is at a ...

Hundreds of firefighters on Monday battled a forest blaze in Ukraine’s Chernobyl exclusion zone while officials insisted there was no risk to the ruined reactor and nearby storage facilities for ...

Firefighters were attempting to contain a large fire in the forest of the Chernobyl exclusion zone on Friday, Ukrainian authorities said. The fire has spread to more than 1,100 hectares, the State ...

Nearly four decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl remains one of the most mysterious places on Earth.

EDITOR'S NOTE: In the weeks after the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, it was difficult to get any information about the scope of the disaster, aside from terse ...

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR PLANT, Ukraine — Five technicians secured by wires worked near the curved top of an arched steel structure that loomed the equivalent of 40 stories high, trying to extinguish the ...

Hundreds of firefighters on Monday battled a forest blaze in Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone while officials insisted there was no risk to the ruined reactor and nearby storage facilities for ...