While battling a large forest fire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukrainian firefighters discovered a baby moose and launched a special rescue operation.
In Chernobyl, firefighters saved a red-listed elk from a fire. Photo: State Emergency Service Firefighters saved a red-listed elk while extinguishing a fire in the Chernobyl forest. The baby could not have survived without its mother and probably suffered from smoke poisoning, which is especially dangerous for animals of this age. The story of the animal's rescue was told by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
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