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| Forest fire around defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant put out, Ukraine government says | |
| 2020-04-15 | |
Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday that though they had registered short-term spikes in Caesium-137 particles in the Kiev area to the south of the plant, radiation levels remained within normal limits overall and did not require additional protection measures. "There is no open fire," the Interior Ministry said in a statement. It added that there was "a slight smouldering of the forest floor" however. The fire, one of several that followed unusually dry weather, began on April 3 in the western part of the exclusion zone and spread to nearby forests. Police say they have identified a 27-year old local resident who they accuse of deliberately starting the blaze. It remains unclear if the person, who has reportedly confessed to starting a number of fires "for fun", is partly or fully responsible. | |
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