The reason for the recent large-scale wildfire in the Chernobyl exclusion area was arson, said the head of the state service of Ukraine for emergency situations Nikolay Chechetkin last night in conversation Ukrainian " 5 channel ".

"70% of fires that occurred within the exclusion zone is 56 fires for the period from January this year, the cause of the fire was a deliberate arson. When the destruction of the last large-scale fire, on the spot we found two torches that boast about the fact that the fire arose in the result of deliberate arson, " - said the head of the SSES.

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. To extinguish the fire completely only happened in mid-July.

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