The fire within the complex forestry Chernobyl forest " in the area of disposal is not fully turned to localize, said the head of gschs of Ukraine Mykola Chechetkin on his page in the social network.

Tuesday night within the complex forestry Chernobyl forest " there was a Fire of dry grass and reeds, which is spread over an area of about 130 hectares. Firefighters around the clock confrontation with fire, And among them involving aviation.

the state service of Ukraine for emergency situations reported that the radiation background in the area of alienation does not exceed the permissible limits and is 25 micro-roentgen per hour. At the same time the State inspection of nuclear reaction of Ukraine on Wednesday said that the content of the radioactive isotope cesium-137 at some of the sites in the fire zone in the area of alienation " exceeding the reference level ".

"Already localized the Fire grass flooring for all six cells in the complex forestry Chernobyl forest ", namely close to the villages of Polesye, Kovalivka, Glinka, Old Krasnica, Lubyanka and Gobies ", - wrote the head of the SSES.

"in the area of settlements of Polesye and Gobies our units carry out the suppression of individual sections of the grass flooring in the territory of the controlled area. And likewise in zone villages Glinka, Lubyanka and Kovalivka is the extinguishing of the 4 foci of smoldering peat, " said Chechetkin.

according to him, the Danger of spread of fire to forests is absent.

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