Fire in Chernobyl: A huge column of smoke is blowing towards Kyiv
The fire that began last week in the Chernobyl zone has already reached populated areas of the region.
Yaroslav Emelianenko, a member of the public council under the State Agency for Exclusion Zone Management, reported this on his Facebook page, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“An hour ago they sent me a video where you can already see how the fire is coming close to Chernobyl, and the nature is already burning near Kirov, 52. By the way, there is a very famous location, there is an exhibition of equipment that took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident.
The fire is already approaching the premises where people work in the city of Chernobyl, and further away there are dormitories,” Emelianenko wrote.
According to him, a huge column of smoke is blowing towards Kyiv, but no significant increase in radiation is observed.
The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine also confirmed that the fire in the Chernobyl zone continues.
“There is burning of grass flooring, reeds and forest litter in separate pockets. 379 people were involved in extinguishing the fires. and 100 units. equipment, of which 320 are from the State Emergency Service. O/S and 79 units. equipment (including 3 AN-32P aircraft and 2 State Emergency Service helicopters, which carried out 9 discharges of 67 tons of water on April 154).
Radiation background in the city of Kiev and the Kiev region is within normal limits and does not exceed natural background values (metro Kiev - 0,012 mR/h, Kiev region - within 0,011 mR/h with an acceptable background of 0,05 mR/h)", – the message says.
Chernobyl Fire : A Huge Column of Smoke Heads for Kyiv