Did Chernobyl firefighters get buried in concrete?

Most of the direct victims are buried at the Mitino cemetery in Moscow. Each body is sealed in a concrete coffin, because of its high radiation. ... Neither had they provided them with iodine pills to counteract the effects of the radiation.

Are the firefighters clothes from Chernobyl still radioactive?

Hastily dumped in the basement these items of clothing, including boots, helmets and gloves, have lain protected from the elements for decades. Likely pulled on in a hurry during the early hours of the 26th April in 1986 they still emit dangerously high levels of radiation over 30 years later.

Did the firemen died at Chernobyl?

According to the BBC, the internationally recognised death toll shows that 31 died as an immediate result of Chernobyl. Two workers died at the site of the explosion, another died in hospital soon after due to their injuries and 28 operators and firemen are believed to have died within three months of the accident.

Who is the lady in Chernobyl?

The woman at the centre of HBO and Sky's Chernobyl drama, Lyudmila Ignatenko, has claimed she never gave permission for her story to be told and has detailed the abuse she received after the show aired.

Why did they have to clear the roof in Chernobyl?

Scientists and government officials were faced with the task of clearing the most radioactive materials from a roof close to the reactor, so they could entomb the dangerous area. They commissioned lunar and police robots to clean the nuclear waste as it was not safe for humans to go onto the roof.