Figure 1.

Detected burned area in February and March 2022 at the Chornobyl exclusion zone. Black solid indicates the border of Chornobyl exclusion zone. (a1) and (a2) show changes in the ground surface before and after the fire by Sentinel-2 (yellow dash line) at the place determined to be burned area in February 2022 (orange solid line). (b) and (c) show the actual wildfire areas and smokes confirmed by Sentinel-2 (yellow dash line) in west part of Chornobyl and where the burned areas were detected in March 2022 (red solid lines). The blue lines in (a1), (a2), (b) and (c) indicate the border of Chornobyl exclusion zone.