MIA: fire in Chernobyl Pushcha " cut from the waste burial grounds
The head of the MIA of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said that the rescuers managed to stop the spread of fire within " Chernobyl forest five kilometers from landfills with waste, there is the theory of deliberate arson.
"why such concern? This fire was not since 1992 - to the station (CHAES), about 20 km, but prior to the burial of waste is around five. For this reason there was a cut in 1st turn, " wrote Avakov on his own Facebook.
"There is a reasonable suspicion of a deliberate arson. Because the lesions (fire) in several places on both sides of the river", he added.
Avakov also said that by the evening the wind stopped, and expressed the hope that they will manage to quickly localize the situation around the key foci.
first press-service gschs of Ukraine said about the fire three sites within the special plant of Chernobyl forest ". The Minister of internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov reported that the fire situation around Chernobyl has escalated, causing the national guard and units of the interior Ministry of Ukraine raised the alarm.