The Chernobyl Disaster S1E2: Firestorm
- Aired: 2022-05-25
- Time: 21:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview
With the reactor on fire and radiation spewing out into the atmosphere, firefighters battle to bring the blaze under control. A former Soviet helicopter pilot reveals what it was like flying over the core, while a historian who grew up in neighbouring Belarus reveals how her mother pulled her out of school and kept her inside when her father - a nuclear scientist - heard rumours of an explosion.