The fire within the special plant of Chernobyl forest " enhances the probability of the cast to secondary contamination by radioactive substances, said in explanation of the Last news Ukrainian ecologist Vladimir Boreyko.

first press-service gschs of Ukraine said about the fire three sites within the special plant of Chernobyl forest ". The Minister of internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said that the situation with the fire around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant worsened, the national guard and units of the interior Ministry of Ukraine raised the alarm. Now fire covered 400 hectares of land. The flame is again attacking the forest in the direction of ChNPP objects. In gschs of Ukraine Last news said that the fire has no threat to residents and will not affect the background radiation.

"we need to understand exactly where the forest is on fire: where the radiation spot, or where these spots are not. If there where no spots, It's just air pollution. If there where spots are, then, of course, Is very bad because that would be a secondary contamination by radioactive substances, " said Boreyko.

"And the reason is that (Arseniy) Yatsenyuk (Prime Minister) canceled checks of business entities, and no one can now check - no fire inspection, nor ekoinspectorate or forest inspection. Secondly, to the Chernobyl zone trudge all and Sundry. Excursions can be arranged. This is a serious matter and is a restricted area, " said Boreyko.

Acting head of the SSES of the Zoryan Shkiriak before that, they stated that the fire did not threaten the Shelter, erected above the emergency unit of the Chernobyl NPP.

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