Raging forest fires in Ukraine that have been burning for more than a week have spread to an area located just over half a mile (1 km) from the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant and pose a radiation risk, according to reports.
Greenpeace Russia on Monday said that satellite images from April 4 showed one blaze covered an area of around 12,000 hectares—one thousand times bigger than what Ukrainian authorities had claimed at that time.
