{"id":126733,"date":"2025-02-17T20:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T17:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126733\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"emergency-crews-still-working-to-put-out-fire-at-chernobyl-power-plant","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126733\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency crews still working to put out fire at Chernobyl power plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sarkofag-Zelenski-20250214.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sarkofag-Zelenski-20250214.jpg 547w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sarkofag-Zelenski-20250214-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sarkofag-Zelenski-20250214-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Fire at the protective shelter after the drone strike\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Screenshot of a video posted on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky&#039;s Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 17, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Emergency workers are still working to put out a fire that started at the protective shelter of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after it was hit by a drone on February 14, said the Ukrainian agency in charge of the exclusion zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 1:00 p.m. today, there were three smoldering areas. Three teams of climbers were deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The radiation levels remain normal, the agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the shelter was hit by a Russian drone. Russia denied any claims it attacked Chernobyl, stating its military does not strike Ukrainian nuclear infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl in 1986 sent a plume of radioactive material into the air, triggering a public health emergency across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the immediate disaster was mitigated and an area where people were told not to live established, the incident saw a rise in cancer rates in the surrounding population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The radiation shield is designed to prevent further radioactive material leaking out over the next century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 17, Pozirk. Emergency workers are still working to put out a fire that started at the protective shelter of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after it was hit by a drone on February 14, said the Ukrainian agency in charge of the exclusion zone. At 1:00 p.m. today, there were three smoldering areas. Three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":126484,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-126733","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Emergency crews still working to put out fire at Chernobyl power plant | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 17, Pozirk. 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