The blaze started on Saturday close to the site of the world’s worst ever nuclear disaster, Ukrainian officials sayUkraine has reported a spike in radiation levels in the restricted zone around Chernobyl, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident, caused by a forest fire.“There is bad news – radiation is above normal in the fire’s centre,” Yegor Firsov, head of Ukraine’s state ecological inspection service, said on Facebook on Sunday. Related: ‘A horrible way to die’: how Chernobyl recreated a nuclear meltdown Related: Tourists flock to Chernobyl – in pictures Continue reading… …read more
Source:: The Guardian
