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"Do not worry ..."
How officials reassured Ukrainians on quarantine because of a large fire in the Chernobyl zone
The forest fire in the Chernobyl zone of compulsory (unconditional) resettlement began, according to the information of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service, on the day of April 4. The hearth arose near the deserted village of Vladimirovka Kotovsky Forestry, then it spread pointwise into the territory from the urban -type village of Poleskoye to the villages of Zhovtnevoi and Rudnya Belyan. A dry grass flooring broke out, then the fire was transferred to the pine forest.
As you know, in the zone, regardless of the regimen, the so -called "stalkers" make their way, and the inhabitants of the settlements adjacent to the zone even consider these places to be walking, barbecue.
The distance to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is approximately 70 kilometers. There were no fires on the territory of the industrial site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. At the station, a shift method of 2500 people who ensure nuclear and radiation safety of a mothballed facility work. Citizens from all over the world have been terminated from March 13 due to quarantine associated with pandemia here.
As of April 5, the forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the State Emergencies Ministry, only 124 people, 28 units of equipment, including the Mi-8 helicopter and two An-32P aircraft, were involved in the fire extinguishing in the zone.
On April 5, a similar fire occurred near the village of Ragovka of the same Kotovsky forestry, on an area of about 5 hectares. Here, 14 firefighters and 4 units of equipment attracted the hearth.
The acting head of the State Traffic Inspectorate Yegor Firsov regularly reports on Facebook about what is happening in the Chernobyl zone, posts the video.
On the evening of April 4, he wrote: “He was able to observe the inhabitants of Kyiv and the surrounding cities now associated with a forest fire in the alienation zone. About 20 hectares of forests near the village of Vladimirovka are burning. The State Emergencies Ministry is already engaged in liquidation. Specialists from the state eco -inspector work on the spot, fix the level of radiation pollution. Now there is no need to worry, everything is normal. ”
On April 5, Firsov said: “... the situation is difficult ... in general, more than 100 hectares are burning. As often happens now, someone set fire to the grass, and the fire was transferred to the trees. There is bad news - in the center of the fire, radiation is above the norm. As you can see on the video, the indicators of the device (dosimeter, O. M. ) are 2.3 (microsivert per hour - O. M. ) with a norm of 0.14. But such a situation is only in the focus of the fire. ”
On the same day, the State Agency for Management of the Excruption Zone informed that the radiation situation in the territory where the fire occurred did not exceed the norm: “... in the operational mode, data regarding the power of the equivalent dose of gamma radiation in the fire area were analyzed. The radiation background ... is controlled using an automated system of monitoring the radiation situation (ASCRS) in continuous mode at 39 points. Near the fire there are 3 paragraphs of the ASCRS .... The control levels of power of the equivalent dose are not exceeded. The radiation situation is under control ... as of 7.00 on April 5, open fire (this is only about the stroke! - O. M. ), there are flowering of individual sections. Air intelligence of the State Emergencies Ministry is carried out. ” At the same time, the department noted: the radiation background in Kyiv and the Kyiv region - within the norm.
By 12.00 on April 6, 174 tons of water were already dropped on the hearth between Vladimirovka and Zhovtnev, but his localization has not yet been reported.
The fact that in the capital of Ukraine and in the region you can open the windows, ventilate the premises and not to be afraid of Smog, and Yegor Firsov wrote: “Regarding the situation in the Chernobyl zone, I want to reassure you. Specialists of the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Security conducted radiation monitoring of the situation. According to the results of measurements, technological radionuclides on the ground were not detected. Thus, in accordance with the measurements on the terrain, the dose power of the gamma radiation was in the range of up to 0.1 μZv per hour, which meets the normal radiation background. According to the GNTC Yarb, as of April 5, on April 5, the fire in the alienation zone and the obligatory (unconditional) resettlement did not affect the radiation situation in Kyiv and the suburbs. ”
“Therefore, you can without fear of opening windows and ventilating the rooms during quarantine.”
On April 6, on the fact of a fire in the Chernobyl zone, the National Police began criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Art. 270 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“violation of fire safety requirements established by the law”), the sanctions under this article provide a fine of 50 to 120 tax incomes of citizens, correctional labor for up to two years or restriction of freedom up to three years. When I transmit this text, an official message to the police appeared: "At least one attacker was found and detained."
It turned out to be a 27-year-old resident of the village of Ragovka, who in three places set fire to garbage and dry grass ... for fun, so he explained his actions to law enforcement officers. Then the fire under the wind began to quickly spread further, and he could not put out the bonfires on his own ... "