Rescuers continue spraying water and observing certain parts of the smoldering duff and debris on the grounds of Chornobyl Puscha where a fire broke out on April 28, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said on its website.
“At 07.00 on May 2, water was being sprayed and certain sources of smoldering floor observed on the forest floor,” the agency said in its latest report on Saturday morning.
Background radiation in the fire area is normal and is 20 micro-roentgen per hour on average. There has been no rise in background radiation in the adjacent areas as a result of the fire.
A mobile command station has been set up in the fire area to conduct general coordination of the efforts to extinguish the forest fire, the agency recalled.
