Firestation

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This was one of the rooms in the firestation, this station served Pripyat, there is still a manned firestation in Chernobyl itself. The firemen were the first on the scene of the accident which claimed alot of their lives

On the night of the nuclear accident, the fires were extinguished by 5 a.m., but many firefighters received high doses of radiation. The fire inside Reactor No. 4 continued to burn until 10 May 1986

Date Taken
08/10/2010
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