Pripyat Fire Station

I’ve never seen any photos of this place, so was pretty keen to get here and document it.
Large enough for 4 engines:




Firemans boot and vodka: Liquidators were given copious amounts of vodka, weather it was for extra courage, for extra payment, or to dull the senses I don’t know.


This led me to crate of empty vodka bottles:


Which led me to a room of empty vodka bottles….


Hat and engine number:




A lot of the rooms were surprisingly trashed:








Yet some were in surprisingly good condition:






Firemans paperwork:




Paperwork from 1980:


Paperwork from 1988 (2 years after disaster)


Paperwork from 1990


Gasmask


Chair


Vodka


Pills:


Vodka


Pills:






In Chernobyl, light bulb lights itself…


Mural:






I spotted a firemans tower, and just had to go for a climb:


Reactor 4 in the distance


View to front:


View to rear:


I stand there taking in the sight of Reactor 4, and the rest of the city, and decide where I want to go next…


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“HELL YEAH!!! More incredible images. I hope you have more as I’m reveling in these wonderful pictures, cant wait to go!!”
Anpanman - 9th June 2011

“Really great stuff UrbanX
The reports get you thinking & I cant imagine how it must feel to visit these places.
Look forward to seeing more reports”
Em_UX - 9th June 2011

“Fantastic Urbanx!! Never seen this one before, like the vodka trail : )”
King Al - 9th June 2011

“Cracking shots buddy, but for me the light bulb shot is brill”
Klempner69 - 9th June 2011

“Vodka was prescribed in the belief that it clensed the thyroid. In reality it did no such thing, and just made them sicker”
Dave - 9th June 2011

“are you living out there or on a very long holiday?
You seem to be getting more places out of here than anyone ever before!”
Derelict - UK - 9th June 2011

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Foxy lady - 11th June 2011

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King Lewis - 11th June

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Walsh - 11th June 2011

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Tommo - 11th June 2011