The monitoring did not reveal changes of the radiation situation in the border regions of Russia in connection with wildfires in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the background remains normal, is notified on the Internet office of Rospotrebnadzor in the environment. "according to monitoring, dose rate of gamma radiation in the border with Ukraine regions of the Russian Federation has not changed and does not exceed the values characteristic of these territories ", - informs the Ministry. The fire area of 32 hectares erupted more than a week ago within the complex forestry " Chernobyl forest ", located in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, said before the state service of Ukraine on emergency situations of Ukraine. Ignited dry grass and leaf litter. On Sunday, the new source of fire was found in the area of exclusion on the area of 60 hectares burned forest. They are until now not extinguished.