Chernobyl Fires – Chernobyl continues to fade, more than 2,000 hectares of flames in the Zhytomyr region

REUTERS

Starting at 7:00 a.m. from April 18 in the Exclusion Zone and unconditional evacuation (mandatory), SES units help fight fires in the territory of the Korogodsky, Lubyansky, Paryshivsky, Dityatkovsky and Denysovichsky forests.

This was reported by the SES press service.

There is a smoldering burning of grass, hemp, and wood floors in the cells that ran through the fire. Engineering technology created 297 km of mineralized strips.

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During the day, 716 people and 166 units participated in the fire fighting. equipment of them: from SES 579 people and 113 units. equipment (including 3 helicopters). The SESP aviation (3 helicopters) was used to extinguish some smoking units (134 discharges were made on April 17 – 268 tons of water).

At the same time, more than 2,000 hectares of forest are covered in flames in the Zhytomyr region.

In the territory of the log forest near the village. Mineral and town. The projected area of ​​the fire is approximately 2,000 hectares. Forest workers create mineralized strips.

In the forest territory Forest near the village. The area of ​​the fire is approximately 700 hectares. Forest workers create mineralized strips.

655 people were involved in the cooling. and 108 team units, of which 125 people from the SES. rpm and 31 rpm equipment, including three AN-32P aircraft, which produced 6 discharges (48 tons of water).