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Smoke from Chernobyl area wildfires made Ukraine’s capital have the worst air pollution in the world

Unilad 18th April 2020, Wildfires burning near the Chernobyl nuclear plant have covered the capital
of Ukraine in smoke and made its air pollution among the worst in the
world. Residents burning rubbish near Chernobyl accidentally sparked fires
on April 4, and though firefighters managed to contain the initial blazes,
three new fires began to spread in the contaminated exclusion zone on
Thursday, April 16. The fires were propelled by strong winds and smoke has
engulfed the capital Kyiv. While many residents are adhering to
stay-at-home orders anyway, authorities are now encouraging residents to
close their windows to prevent the smog filling their houses.

https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/fires-blazing-dangerously-close-to-chernobyl-blanket-ukranian-capital-in-smog/

April 20, 2020 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Ukraine