A large-scale forest fire is approaching the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Avakov is asked whether to take children out of Kyiv

The situation with the forest fire around the Chernobyl plant has worsened. The fire has already engulfed 400 hectares of forest in the Chernobyl Pushcha.

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Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Arseniy Avakov announced this on his Facebook page .

“Should we take the children out of Kyiv?” – one of the subscribers of his page asks the minister in the comments.

“At 18.30 the situation with the forest fire around the Chernobyl plant worsened. The flame again attacks the forest in the direction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant facilities. The high fire and sharp gusts of wind created a serious threat of fire spreading in a 20 km zone from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. There are about 400 hectares of forest in the fire zone,” Avakov wrote.

Let us remind you that a message about a fire on the territory of the Chernobyl Pushcha was received at about 12:54. A fire extinguishing headquarters was deployed at the scene of the incident. And about. Chairman of the State Emergency Situations Department Zoryan Shkiryak then assured that firefighters did not allow the fire to spread towards the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, there was no threat to the shelter facility. At that time, the fire area was 320 hectares.

Also, during the course of extinguishing the fire near Chernobyl, it became clear that there was a catastrophic shortage of equipment; there were only two helicopters. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk stated this at a briefing.