So how did the fire start?
"Every year we see the same picture — fields, reeds, forests burn in all regions. Please refresh the page and try again.Live Science is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher.© Police in capital Kiev - around 60 miles south of Chernobyl - say they have identified a man who they believe started the fires. “Every year we see the same picture - fields, reeds, forests burn in all regions.”,However, police investigating last weekend’s fires “have.Despite the alarming peaks in radiation recorded at the centre of the fires, Kiev and the surrounding area does not appear the be affected. Emergency services said on Tuesday there were still some "smouldering" parts of the forest floor, but there was "no open fire" left. These fires are far from the site of the reactor, which is buried under a thick "sarcophagus" of steel and concrete.For a limited time, you can take out a digital subscription to any of.Stay up to date on the coronavirus outbreak by signing up to our newsletter today.Thank you for signing up to Live Science. The man, who has not been officially charged as yet, reportedly told investigators that he had set some rubbish and grass on fire “for fun”.Ecological inspection boss Firsov claimed in his Facebook post that citizens regularly set fire to grass during the spring and autumn seasons - a violation that carries a 175 UAH (£5.20) penalty.Firsov has called on the Ukraine parliament to “significantly raise penalties” in order to prevent further wildfires.“The problem of setting fires to grass by careless citizens in spring and autumn has long been a very acute problem for us,” he wrote. New York, Wildfires are common in the so-called Zone of Alienation around the abandoned Chernobyl plant. Ukrainian officials reported a spike in radiation levels due to the fire. The average particle half-life at Chernobyl is about 30 years.The main risk from the fires comes from inhaling, via the smoke, small radioactive particles thrown years ago from the open core of the Chernobyl reactor, said Olena Miskun, an air pollution expert with Ecodiya, an environmental advocacy group.“Wind can raise hot particles in the air together with the ash and blow it toward populated areas,” Ms. Miskun says. A larger-than-typical fire is stirring up radiation, though levels remain normal in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.VINNYTSIA, Ukraine — Firefighters have struggled to control wildfires burning through radioactive forest in the abandoned territory around the Chernobyl nuclear plant, where radiation levels are considerably lower than they were immediately after the 1986 accident but still pose risks.But Saturday’s strong winds could spread the fires to the remnants of the nuclear plant and the equipment that was used to clean up the disaster, said Kateryna Pavlova, the acting head of the agency that oversees the area, in a telephone interview. Ukrainian officials reported a spike in radiation levels due to the fire. Scientists say the average radiation level in the zone is about a quarter as harmful to human health as it was in the immediate aftermath of the explosion and fire.Radioactive elements degrade at predictable intervals, called half-lives, that can vary enormously. The fire covers about 50 acres (20 hectares) near the abandoned village of Vladimirovka in Ukraine's Chernobyl Exclusion Zone,The environmental conditions around Chernobyl are not fully understood, but a 1996 paper in the journal.
.A statement released by Ukraine’s Emergency Preparedness and Radiation Monitoring Department on Sunday said: “It can be argued that as of 5PM on 5 April, a fire in the Exclusion Zone and unconditional (compulsory) eviction had no effect on the radiation situation in Kyiv and the suburbs.”.Copyright © Dennis Publishing Limited 2020. But the roots of moss, trees and other vegetation have absorbed some radiation, bringing it to the surface and spreading radioactive particles in smoke when it burns.Already in lockdown because of the coronavirus, Ukraine is now also contending with fires in the post-apocalyptic landscape of the Chernobyl zone.Wildfires break out there often but the blazes burning through dry grass and pine forests this spring, after a warm and dry winter, are far larger than the typical brush fires in the Chernobyl zone.According to the state center of radiation and nuclear safety.The Exclusion Zone Management Agency is trying to protect critical infrastructure in the Chernobyl zone, such as the plant itself and the so-called “graves,” or parking lots of abandoned, highly contaminated trucks and tracked vehicles that were left from the original disaster, officials said.“We have been working all night digging firebreaks around the plant to protect it from fire,” Ms. Pavlova said.The cause has not been determined. Access to the zone is limited to workers who manage the site and tourists who take guided excursions.Over time, radiation has settled into the soil, where its half-life ticks away mostly harmlessly.
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