During the time when the fire was being extinguished, it is known that more than 500 people died because of the radiation contamination because the fire could not be extinguished with the use of just water.

On 26 April 1986, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded after unsanctioned experiments on the reactor by plant operators were done improperly. The terrible tragedy. Even today, long after the Pripyat disaster, we still don’t have an assessed damage figure. Chernobyl has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with very warm, wet summers with cool nights and long, cold, and snowy winters.
First mentioned as a ducal hunting lodge in 1193, the city has changed hands multiple times over the course of history.
Along with the residents of the nearby city of Pripyat, which was built as a home for the plant's workers, the population was relocated to the newly built city of Slavutych, and most have never returned. Pripyat is formally considered to be a city of regional importance, subordinated to the Kyiv Regional Council. This is the older generation who did not want to adjust to change.

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