Forest fire reached Pripyat, where the storage of radiation waste is located, said
Yaroslav Emelyanenko, member of the public council at the State Agency of Ukraine on managing the exclusion zone, on his page on the social network. "Now the fire has reached Pripyat and is two kilometers away from the Podlesny radioactive waste storage, where the most active radiation wastes from the entire Chernobyl zone are located, and from Chernobyl itself, "the official wrote. According to him, at the same time, fire fighting services report that everything is in order and is under control. Meanwhile, according to a member of the public council, the situation is critical, and the fire is rapidly seizing new territories.
The fire in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant began on April 4, and by now, despite all attempts to cope with the fire, has spread over a significant area of ​​the zone. The culprit was detained. It is believed that he burned dry grass, but Yaroslav Emelianenko believes that there was a series of arson attacks.
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