# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYFXNX3iYex
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65297063-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-08T16:07:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

A large forest fire was burning through the Chornobyl exclusion zone on Friday following a drone crash near the defunct nuclear plant the previous day, Ukrainian authorities said.⁣
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Radiation levels at the site were within "normal limits", authorities reported, adding that firefighters were working to contain the blaze.⁣
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An image published by Ukraine's state emergency service showed a large column of white smoke billowing into the sky from the area, parts of which are closed off to the public due to high levels of radioactivity.⁣
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The site surrounding the Chornobyl nuclear plant has been largely deserted since 1986, when the plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown.⁣
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The Chernobyl nature reserve, which manages the site of the 1986 disaster, said that as of 0700 GMT on Friday, the approximate area of the fire was 11 square kilometers.⁣
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The fire broke out on Thursday "as a result of a drone crash", it said. It did not say the origin of the drone.⁣
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#ukraine #chornobyl #fire

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