Ukraine says only small burning fires reamain in Chernobyl Nuclear Zone after rain

Ukraine confirmed that re was visibly burning fire in Cherbyl exclusion zone on April 14 and only smouldering remains of blaze was present. Mykola Chechotkin, he of emergencies service, told President Volodymyr Zelensky in a conference call that background riation in exclusion zone remains within rmal limits and is t increasing.

fire broke out on April 3 in a forest area near Cherbyl power plant and was spreing at an alarming rate with new blazes emerging every day. Satellite ims that surfaced online showed that fire h spre to 34,400 hectares of land. Green Peace Russia alerted on April 13 that forest fire was just one kilometre away from defunct Cherbyl nuclear power plant and posed a riation risk.

Moscow-based international n-profit organisation said that re were two fires in exclusion zone of which one was entirely inside with covering an area of ​​about 12.4 thousand hectares. It started on April 8 and nearest edge was around 1.5 kilometres from sarcophagus of a nuclear power plant.

or blaze, which started on April 3, was around 39 kilometres away from sarcophagus of nuclear power plant. It was burning on border of exclusion zone covering an area of 34 thousand hectares. 

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In April 1986, Cherbyl nuclear power plant polluted a large part of Europe after its fourth reactor exploded, resulting in immediate death of two operating staff. Due to exposure to high levels of riation, 134 emergency service members were hospitalised in days ahe, of which 28 people lost ir lives. Cherbyl disaster is considered worst nuclear disaster world has ever seen.

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' change in riation levels'

A 2,600-square-kilometer (1,000-square-mile) Cherbyl Exclusion Zone was established after April 1986 disaster at plant that sent a cloud of rioactive fallout over much of Europe. However, Ukrainian emergency situations services maintained that riation levels in exclusion zone did t change.

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(With ncy inputs | Im source: AP)