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A geiger counter measures a radiation level at a site of fire burning in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, outside the village of Rahivka, Ukraine. A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometer from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images. Picture taken April 5. REUTERS/Yaroslav Yemelianenko

WNU Editor: The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... Fire raging near Ukraine's Chernobyl (Reuters).

Update: The fires have been put-out .... Forest fire around Chernobyl plant put out, Ukraine says (Reuters).

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