The authorities are extinguishing panic: the fire in the Chernobyl zone has been stopped and will be extinguished by the end of the day
The front of the fire that broke out on the territory of the forestry complex “Chernobyl Pushcha” in the Kyiv region is surrounded and stopped.
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This was reported by the press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
“As of 06:00 on April 29, the fire front is surrounded and stopped. The situation is under control. Firefighting continues,” the statement said.
The overall coordination of actions to extinguish the forest fire is carried out by the acting head of the State Emergency Service Zoryan Shkiryak.
"There are practically no open crown fires left. There are some isolated fires that have spread to small sections of young trees, but they are minor and are related to wind gusts. Furthermore, grass and burnt trees continue to smolder over a large area. Our firefighting aircraft have been working since early morning, extinguishing the remaining fires. Radiation levels are normal, and there are no threats," Shkiryak asserts on his Facebook page.
Let us remind you that at 12:45 on April 28, on the territory of the forestry complex “Chernobyl Pushcha” in the Zone of Exclusion and Unconditional (Compulsory) Resettlement in the area of the villages of Buryakovka, Rudnya-Ilyinetskaya, Glinka, Lubyanka, Ivankovsky District, a forest fire broke out on an area of about 400 hectares, already called by environmentalists the largest and most catastrophic since 1992
Authorities are quelling panic: the fire in the Chernobyl zone has been stopped and will be extinguished by the end of the day.