Ukraine's Emergency Service aircraft dropping tons of water on Chernobyl fire

Ukraine
# 11 April 2020 17:16 (UTC +04:00)

Efforts to contain the wildfires in Ukraine’s Chernobyl exclusion zone have involved hundreds of firefighters, dozens of vehicles and a handful of aircraft, a statement from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) Saturday said, APA reports citing Sputnik.

“[At least] 312 people were involved in fire fighting," the statement reads, adding that at least "and 83 units equipment, including three aircraft and 3 helicopters of the SES, which on April 10 made 96 discharges (240 tons of water)" have joined the operation.

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED