Ukrainian rescuers have extinguished a large fire in the area of alienation under Chernobyl, where a few days of burning radioactive forest, informs the State service of Ukraine for emergency situations. "in 10 hours 30 minutes 29 April, the fire is localized. 9 hours on 2 may, the fire is liquidated ", - is informed in the report, which cites RIA " Novosti ".
according to rescuers, subdivision and forestry workers organized observation and continuous combing of the fire district. The radiation background on the fire place is in the normal range and is Usually 21 micro-roentgen per hour (safe level of radiation - 50 micro-roentgen per hour). At the industrial site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant - 58 micro-roentgen per hour, in the district of alienation - 22 micro-roentgen per hour, in Kiev - eleven micro-roentgen per hour. The head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova on Wednesday said that a Forest fire in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused no deterioration of the radiation background on the Russian territory. A forest fire in the area of alienation broke out Tuesday afternoon on an area of about 320 hectares, to his destruction have attracted more than 300 people and 51 of the vehicles, as well as among them airplanes and helicopters. On Wednesday morning, Ukrainian rescuers stopped the spread of fire, but extinguishing of fires continues. In the main versions of the origin of the strongest for the last 23 years of a forest fire in the area near exclusion of the Chernobyl NPP of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine considers arson.