Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant fire extinguished-UPDATED-2

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant fire extinguished-UPDATED-2
# 04 March 2022 10:19 (UTC +04:00)

The fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been put out, according to a statement from the Ukrainian State Emergency Service on Friday, APA reports citing CNN.

"At 06:20 the fire at the Zaporizhzhia NPP training building in Enerhodar was extinguished. There are no dead or injured,” the statement said.

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The fire started in the training building of Zaporozhye NPP was localized, said the State Emergency Situations Service of Ukraine, APA reports quoting UNIAN.

It is noted that at 05.55 (07.55 Baku time) a fire was taken under control in an area of 2,000 square meters in the training building of the Zaporizhzhia NPP. No one was killed or injured.

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In a message posted to his Telegram account, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said “Russia fires on nuclear power plant in Ukraine” and shared a video of what appeared to be an explosion over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the country’s southeast.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said if it blows up, “it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl”.

Dmytro Orlov, mayor of Enerhodar, a city located close to the power plant, said Russian forces had shelled the plant.

“As a result of continuous enemy shelling of buildings and units of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is on fire,” Orlov said on his Telegram channel, citing what he called a threat to world security.

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A fire broke out in a training building outside the largest nuclear power plant in Europe during intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Ukraine's state emergency service said on Friday, APA reports quoting Reuters.

A spokesperson for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant told RIA that background levels of radiation had not changed. Radiation security had been secured, the plant's director told Ukraine 24 TV.

A video feed from the plant southeast of the capital Kyiv appeared to show smoke and flames coming from an unidentified building.

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