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Smoke from fire near Chernobyl moves towards Belarus

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Smoke from fire near Chernobyl moves towards Belarus

Smoke from fire in the Ukrainian part of the Chernobyl zone moves towards the territory of Belarus.

Russian Greenpeace warned about danger for Belarus due to the fire in 30-kilometer Chernobyl zone in Ukraine.

"10 thousand hectares of forest, peat bogs, and fields are burning in the Chernobyl zone," environmental organization says." The fire is at a distance of 15 km from the station (entombment). Peat bogs are burning eight kilometers to the west of the city of Pripyat. It can stay there for long, throwing out a lot of smoke.

"The wind carries smoke on the territory of Belarus - Svetlahorsk, Zhlobin, Babruisk and Mahileu. There are no prospects to put down fire quickly. Repeated radioactive pollution of vast territories is possible", Alexey Yaroshenko, the head of the Russian Greenpeace forest program, said.

"In the near future, judging by the weather forecast, the smoke may be westward, Minsk direction", Russian Greenpeace informs.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian media informs about 400 hectares are in fire in three quarters of the forest of a special plant "Chernobyl Forest". Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the fire was the worst in the area for more than two decades Ukrainian authorities said the fire had been brought under full control. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the fire was the worst in the area for more than two decades Interior Minister Arsen Avakov suspects the arson. He noted the fire had been raging 20 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and 5 km from radioactive waste disposal sites.

On April 28 there was a southward wind in Minsk. On April 29 because of cold and rainy front it has changed for the North-Wester.

There is a southward wind in Homel, the nearest region center to the fire.

Photo: kmu.gov.ua

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