FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER, AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN PUTTING OUT MASSIVE CHORNOBYL WILDFIRE OUTSIDE KYIV

Firefighting helicopter, aircraft involved in putting out massive Chornobyl wildfire outside Kyiv

Some 98 firefighters and 23 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire.

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Some 98 firefighters and 23 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire.

A massive wildfire on Tuesday, April 2, ignited 10 hectares in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone outside Kyiv; a Firekiller helicopter and a firefighting aircraft have been engaged in putting it out. "At 14:18 Kyiv time on April 2, the State Emergencies Service received a report that open grassland on an area of 10 hectares on and about 25 abandoned half-ruined facilities had been ignited near the [resettled] village of Poliske in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone," the service's press center said.

As of 17:00 Kyiv time, rescuers managed to limit the fire spreading to 30 abandoned half-ruined buildings, as well as burning grassland on an area of 20 hectares in the Exclusion Zone near the village of Poliske, which was resettled in 1999. Some 98 firefighters and 23 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire. Of them, there are 73 Emergencies Service workers and 14 pieces of the service's equipment, including an An-32P Firekiller aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter.

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Data: 06.04.2019

Fonte: www.unian.info

As of 17:00 Kyiv time, rescuers managed to limit the fire spreading to 30 abandoned half-ruined buildings, as well as burning grassland on an area of 20 hectares in the Exclusion Zone near the village of Poliske, which was resettled in 1999. Some 98 firefighters and 23 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire. Of them, there are 73 Emergencies Service workers and 14 pieces of the service's equipment, including an An-32P Firekiller aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter.

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/kiev/10502856-firefighting-helicopter-aircraft-involved-in-putting-out-massive-chornobyl-wildfire-outside-kyiv.html

As of 17:00 Kyiv time, rescuers managed to limit the fire spreading to 30 abandoned half-ruined buildings, as well as burning grassland on an area of 20 hectares in the Exclusion Zone near the village of Poliske, which was resettled in 1999. Some 98 firefighters and 23 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire. Of them, there are 73 Emergencies Service workers and 14 pieces of the service's equipment, including an An-32P Firekiller aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter.

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/kiev/10502856-firefighting-helicopter-aircraft-involved-in-putting-out-massive-chornobyl-wildfire-outside-kyiv.html

Some 98 firefighters and 23 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire.

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/kiev/10502856-firefighting-helicopter-aircraft-involved-in-putting-out-massive-chornobyl-wildfire-outside-kyiv.html