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Smoke rises from a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in a Russia-controlled area in the Energodar, Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine.

Video. Ukraine and Russia blame each other for Zaporizhzhia power plant fire

Updated: 12/08/2024 - 10:32 GMT+2

The fire, causing thick black smoke to billow out of one of the power plant's cooling towers, has since been put out, according to Ukrainian authorities.

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