The police Kiev region of Ukraine has identified the offender, the fault which caused the fire in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl NPP

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About the beginning of the fire in the Chernobyl zone, it became known April 4

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The police Kiev region of Ukraine has identified the offender, the fault which caused the fire in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl NPP.

According to “jellyfish”, they have been previously convicted 27-year-old resident of the village Rahivka. He explained to police that he set fire to the wild grass near an abandoned local farm for fun.

As a result, in the exclusion zone and mandatory evacuation zone near the village of volodymyrivka Kotovskogo forestry 4 APR arose a forest fire in the area of 20 hectares, and April 7, the fire area increased to 35 hectares.

The offender is charged with corruption of “flora”, the question on election of a preventive measure.

About the beginning of the fire in the Chernobyl zone became known on April 4. In fire extinguishing participated more than 300 people and 90 pieces of equipment. From the exclusion zone were evacuated, the so-called squatters from the village of Polesskoe.

According to the state service for emergency situations of Ukraine, currently in the exclusion zone on the territory Korogodsky, Denisovskogo and Kotovsky forestry open fire there, “observed the smoldering grass flooring separate foci”.