Chernobyl after 30 years of the disaster: Haunting pictures of evacuated homes 7 Photos . Updated: 26 Apr 2016, 12:51 PM IST Livemint Ukraine marks 30 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Some photos of the homes the residents had vacated after the disaster 1/7A 1986 file photo of an aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine showing damage from an explosion and fire in reactor four. AP 2/7View from a window of an apartment which was evacuated after an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in the ghost town of Pripyat, Ukraine April 18, 2016. Reuters 3/7Mailboxes awaiting letters outside an evacuated apartment. Reuters 4/7Elena Kupriyanova, 42, poses for a photograph in her flat which was evacuated after an explosion. For residents of Chernobyl, a three-day evacuation turned into a thirty-year exile. Reuters 5/7An electricity socket is seen in a flat which was evacuated after an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Reuters 6/7Roman Chernyavskiy, 32, poses for a photograph in his flat. Returning to their hometown of Pripyat on the eve of the anniversary, they recall their confusion and sacrifice in the wake of the world’s worst nuclear accident. Reuters 7/7Moss replaces tiny toes on a child’s slipper in an evacuated house in Chernobyl. Reuters