Arseniy Yatsenyuk informs fire in the exclusion zone localized, radiation level safe

At a Government’s meeting on Wednesday, April 29, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk informed that by 12:45 a forest fire in the exclusion zone had been localized. The radiation level is safe.

"Given that acceptable norms equal 50 micro-roentgens per hour, in the alienation zone the background radiation does not exceed 21, and in Kyiv – does not exceed 11", stressed the Head of Government.

"We brought out necessary equipment. And due to the fact that yesterday the personnel of the State Emergency Service promptly and responsibly used planes and helicopters, as well as considerable amount of fire –fighting equipment and people, the fire has been contained and the situation has stabilized," accentuated Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

He reminded the previous day he had inspected the process of liquidation of the fire: "We flew all over the area covered by the fire."

Arseniy Yatsenyuk appealed to the acting chairman of the State Emergency Service Zorian Shkiriak today to send him aerial video of firefighting.

The Prime Minister also commissioned to measure radiation level publicly, "to confirm that the situation is under control, completely safe, and poses no threat to life and health of citizens, even those who are working directly in the area to extinguish the fire".