Firefighters Struggling Three Smoldering Fires At Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

The fire after the drone strike is still ongoing.

The aftermath of the Russian drone strike on February 14 is being eliminated at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Rescuers are extinguishing three smoldering fires on the sarcophagus, the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on Monday, February 17.

Currently, three groups of State Emergency Service climbers are partially opening the shelter structures and extinguishing the smoldering roof insulation. Drones with a thermal imager are constantly monitoring the situation and the air quality above the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Radiation near the plant currently does not exceed permissible levels. The Ministry of Internal Affairs called the situation completely under control.

On the night of February 14, a Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead damaged the roof of the sarcophagus, which protects the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and a fire started.

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