Fire
The fire broke out on April 4 near the village of Korogod on the territory of the Chernobyl exclusion zone. In a few
Initially, 140 people were engaged in a forest fire,including with the help of aviation. By mid-April, they managed to extinguish the open foci, leaving only smoldering remains of wood, but on April 16 a sandstorm began, which instantly increased the area of ignition.
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According to a member of the public council atThe State Agency of Ukraine for the Management of the Exclusion Zone of Yaroslav Emelianenko will be able to quickly deal with fires only with an instant reaction of the state.
The fire has already destroyed 30% of the tourist facilities of the zone. According to Emelianenko, this is "a serious blow to tourism, heritage and history."
“It’s hard to say how big the loss is forthe historical value of this place, both in terms of the Chernobyl disaster, and in general for this part of Polesie. Events 34 years ago stopped time in these places and thus made the villages a real museum of the past. Worse, some of these places were almost untouched, ”said Vadim Zuev, one of the members of the illegal Chernobyl public. He noted that the fire had already destroyed 21 settlements. 4 more villages are partially affected.
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In addition, the fire has already touched the so-called Red Forest, in the near future the fire may come to Pripyat.
Radiation
At the beginning of the fire, the level of radiation in the regionhas grown 16 times. Now the fire is gradually approaching the Podlesny nuclear waste storage facility, where the most highly radioactive waste from the entire Chernobyl zone is located.
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In addition, smog from fires reached Kiev. According to the Air Visual service, which publishes real-time information on the state of the atmosphere on the site, the air pollution index in the city reaches 343 units, whereas in normal times it does not exceed 150 units.
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City authorities asked residents not to openwindows, do not go outside, and drink more liquid and moisten the room. Residents of Kiev themselves complain of a strong smell of burning in the air and smoke. In addition, the radiation background doubled in the city.
Some media now report that a firealmost completely extinguished, however, many experts claim that firefighters continue to come to the territory of the exclusion zone, and in some places open fire is visible.
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The fire in Chernobyl was extinguished.Experts report that clouds of radiation smoke and dust will not reach the borders of Russia and Belarus. But Kyiv and the region had a hard time – background radiation was increased by 2 times and residents of the capital of Ukraine captured the city in the smoke coming from the Exclusion Zone. #Ukraine #Chernobyl #fire #Kiev
The total area of the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and resettlement zone is almost 2.6 thousand square meters. km This is not the first time forest fires have occurred in this area.
The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant occurred on April 261986 year. During the safety tests of the reactor, its power first fell to its minimum values, and then increased sharply, resulting in an explosion.
A few days after that the populationPripyat and the nearest villages were evacuated, and the area of 2.6 thousand square meters. m has become an exclusion zone, prohibited for free access by the territory subjected to intense contamination with radionuclides.