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Legasov's comparison of Chernobyl to Hiroshima doesn't quite make sense. Legasov: The fire we're watching with our own eyes is giving off nearly twice the radiation released by the bomb in Hiroshima.

Until the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the Windscale fire was one of the worst nuclear ... ‘And we saw, to our complete horror, four channels of fuel glowing bright cherry red.’ ...

"By 8:00 p.m. (coincides with Moscow time - TASS) on September 7 fire had covered roughly more than 2,600 hectares in the Chernobyl zone. The final area covered by the fire will be determined ...