Kyiv city administration informs that because of fires on peat land in the Kiev region in the capital of Ukraine documented excess of maximum permissible concentrations of harmful substances.

according to the Ukrainian state service for emergency situations, in Kiev region in different places burn more than 4 hectares of peatlands.

"in connection with fires on peat fields in Irpin and the village of Bykivnia the Kiev region in the capital documented the excess of the maximum permissible concentrations of harmful substances in the 1, 12 - 4, 0 times ", - is informed in the report.

for example, nine of the 25 observation points recorded exceedances of the content of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and formaldehyde.

The Kyiv authorities say, in the capital continue the event to reduce concentration of harmful substances in the atmospheric air.

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