The fire in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, began on 4 April and lasted 10 days

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As of the morning of April 18 in the exclusion zone continues to fester grass on the ground, where he was fire. About it reports a press-service of the state service for emergency situations.

“The SES departments assisted the state Agency for exclusion zone management in extinguishing fires on the territory Korogodsky, Lubyanka, Pricescope, Decadesago and Denisovskogo forestry. The observed decay of grass decking, stumps, and wood-cells, traversed by fire”, – stated in the message.

As noted in gschs, extinguishing involved 716 people and 166 pieces of equipment, including three helicopters that April 17 was carried out 134 of the water discharge.

The fire in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, began on 4 April and lasted 10 days. According to the acting head of the State ecological inspection Yegor Firsov, a fire broke out due to burning of grass (later, the police arrested two persons, probably, involved in the arson).

14 APR the open fire in the Chernobyl zone was extinguished, but smoldering stumps continued.

16 of April from-for a strong wind situation is complicated, there are three new foci of corruption. But in gschs reported that they are not ambitious and are not threatening.