WORLD IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Fire Breaks Out in Chernobyl A-Plant
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Fire broke out in an electrical generator of the Soviet nuclear plant at Chernobyl but it was quickly put out and there were no casualties, officials at the power station 80 miles north of Kiev said. “The fire has been put out . . . There are no casualties,” said a recorded telephone message at the plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear reactor accident in 1986. Three other reactors at Chernobyl continued operating after the disaster, although some were shut down temporarily.
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