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Remembering The Victims Of The Chernobyl Explosion In 1986

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Photo shows numerous candles set in a radiation hazard symbol in the square in Slauvitch where the monument to Chernobyl victims stand in commemoration of the deadly explosion that exposed hundreds of thousands of people to the deadly radiation. Around 350,000 people were evacuated from the area while causing thousands of deaths due to the fallout, which could affect even the succeeding generations with radiation-related sickness like cancer, even years after the event. Some 600,000 liquidators were sent to fight the fire and clean up, all of whom were exposed to high radiation levels.