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Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko (Ukrainian: Василь Іванович Ігнатенко; Belarusian: Васіль Іванавіч Ігнаценка; Russian: Василий Иванович Игнатенко; 13 March 1961 – 13 May 1986) was a Soviet firefighter who was among the first responders to the Chernobyl disaster.
May 31, 2019 · Among the brave souls on the scene was Vasily Ignatenko, a firefighter responding to a seemingly standard blaze at the Chernobyl plant. He died due to radiation exposure less than three weeks later — but his historic contributions helped stop the crisis from becoming even worse.
Jun 16, 2019 · Viewers of Sky Atlantic series Chernobyl were touched by the story of Lyudmilla Ignatenko, whose husband Vasily was called in to help contain the disaster
Mar 18, 2011 · Vasily Ignatenko was a firefighter called to battle the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. He died soon after the disaster. Monument for dead firemen in the city of Chernobyl. After...
May 7, 2019 · Vasily Ignatenko was one of the first Pripyat firefighters on the scene after the explosion. He climbed to the reactor roof in an attempt to extinguish the fires, where he received a fatal...
Vasily Ignatenko, depicted in the series, was among the first firefighters sent to tackle the blaze. Firefighters sent from neighbouring Pripyat did not know of any radiation exposure and ...
Jun 6, 2019 · A side story that shows the effects of Chernobyl's nuclear disaster on the common people in Pripyat is the sad story of Vasily Ignatenko, a 25-year-old firefighter who responded to the fire alarm minutes after reactor 4 exploded.
