On Tuesday morning the Ukrainian Experts continue to struggle with fire, covering 60 hectares within the complex forestry " Chernobyl forest ".

"for 10 August continued to extinguish a forest fire that occurred on August 9, within the complex of forestry "Chernobyl forest" in the area of exclusion and unconditional (compulsory) evacuation between the former villages of the Buda Borovichi and Kovilovo on an area of about 60 hectares ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of gschs of Ukraine.

as of 7 a.m. Tuesday, the situation is under control and fire fighting continues.

The fire area of 32 hectares within the complex forestry "Chernobyl forest" in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, said first press-service gschs of Ukraine. 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.

As said on the first day of the week the Deputy Director of Department of emergency response gschs of Ukraine Petro Korotinskiy, the cause of the fire could be arson.

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