Fires are raging in Chornobyl zone: 7 outbreaks recorded

On the territory of the Chornobyl zone, the satellite recorded 7 centers of natural fires

This was announced by the website of the Verkhovna Rada with reference to the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel-2 satellite images.

"Probably, the fire broke out as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, namely the shelling or arson," the statement said.

"According to the Classification of Emergencies, the criteria for fire in the Exclusion Zone should not exceed 0.05-0.2 sq. km, but the current state of the area of ​​fires exceeds these figures dozens of times," the letter said.

Fires increase radiation risks within a 10-kilometer radius around the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.

Note.

As reported by Rubryka, at the end of the day on March 20, a partial rotation of Chornobyl personnel and evacuation of persons who were on the territory of the occupied station was carried out.

During this day we managed to take out 64 people:

• 50 Chornobyl shift personnel
• 9 employees of the National Guard of Ukraine (8 women and 1 cancer patient)
• 1 employee of the State Emergency Service
• 4 "stalkers"

46 volunteers of the station went to replace the evacuated personnel of the Chornobyl NPP to perform their duties and to ensure the functioning of the enterprise.

To recap, the staff spent about 600 hours at work, heroically performing their professional duties and maintaining an adequate level of safety.