Possible cause of the fire in the Chernobyl exclusion area called arson
The cause of the fire in the area of the Chernobyl exclusion could be arson, said Deputy Director of Department of emergency response gschs of Ukraine Petro Korotinskiy. "This Fire, most likely arson. Because the Fire started in the middle of the forest, has a specific form of distribution ... This is a preliminary idea. The final result will provide the police ", ? quoted him as saying RIA " Novosti ". The fire area of 32 hectares broke out on the first day of the weekend in the apartment of forestry "Chernobyl forest" in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. There was a Fire of dry grass and forest litter. On Sunday, the new source of fire was found in the area of exclusion on the area of 60 hectares ? burned forest. In gschs of Ukraine claimed that out of 56 fire in the area of the Chernobyl exclusion 70% ? arson. Remember, in the beginning of July in the Chernobyl exclusion area were initiated peat fires. July 1, the Ministry of emergency situations of Russia expressed readiness to provide necessary assistance to Ukraine in the organization of firefighting in Chernobyl forest. Along with this, the MOE stressed that this Fire does not pose any danger to residents of border areas of Russia. On 8 may, the government of Ukraine took the initiative on the reduction of the exclusion zone to a radius of 10 kilometers, and the remaining two-thirds of the zone to allocate a biosphere reserve. At the end of April ? may the fires were also recorded under Chernobyl. In the main versions of the origin of the strongest for the last 23 years of a forest fire in the area of the disposition of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine considered arson. May 2, Ukrainian rescuers reported about a Fire in the area of alienation under the Chernobyl repaid. The Chernobyl disaster occurred on 26 April 1986. Exploded the fourth unit of the plant. The total area of radioactive contamination in Ukraine in the end of the disaster amounted to 50 thousand Square kilometers in 12 areas. In addition, radioactive contamination damage 19 Russian regions with the total area of about 60 thousand Square kilometers and a population of 2, 6 million people and 46, 5 thousand Square kilometers of the territory of Belarus (23% of total area).