Forest fires raged Tuesday in the contaminated area near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, but officials insisted there is no radiation threat.
Hundreds of firefighters backed by aircraft have been battling several forest fires around Chernobyl since last week. They managed to contain the initial blazes, but new fires are now raging close to the decommissioned plant.
Volodymyr Demchuk of Ukraine’s state Emergencies Service insisted that the situation is under control.
“There is no threat to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, waste fuel storage or other critical facilities,” he said.
The emergencies service said radiation levels in the capital, Kyiv, …read more
Source:: Voice of America
