Fire a few weeks later turned out to eliminate all pockets of smoldering peat in Chernobyl Pushcha, informs on Thursday, the state service of Ukraine for emergency situations (SSES).

"as of 18 hours (time coincides with MSK - ed.) on July 16, burning the last of the hearth smoldering peat within the exclusion zone in the village Kovalevka liquidated ", - is informed in the report.

within the forest complex economy "Chernobyl forest" June 29, started a fire of dry grass and reeds that spread individual lesions on the area of 130 hectares. Several lesions were documented burning of grass, reeds and peat, herbal fire has turned to eliminate, peat - localized. On Wednesday alleged that firefighters continue eliminating 2 foci of smoldering peat.

Russian regulatory agencies said on numerous occasions that the fires near Chernobyl did not lead to increased levels of radiation within the Russian Federation.

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