{"id":1391091,"date":"2026-05-08T10:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/large-scale-fire-in-the-chernobyl-zone-the-fire-is-spreading-rapidly\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:43:17","slug":"large-scale-fire-in-the-chernobyl-zone-the-fire-is-spreading-rapidly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/large-scale-fire-in-the-chernobyl-zone-the-fire-is-spreading-rapidly\/","title":{"rendered":"Large-scale fire in the Chernobyl zone: the fire is spreading rapidly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A large-scale forest fire is raging in the Exclusion Zone in the Kyiv region, which has already covered over 1,100 hectares. Due to strong winds and dry weather, the fire is rapidly spreading to new areas of the forest, which is complicating the work of rescuers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/dsns_telegram\/63362\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was reported<\/a> by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-4-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1391075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-4-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-4-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-4-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-4-1-650x366.jpg 650w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-4-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> According to rescuers, the situation is being complicated by gusts of wind, which are literally spreading the flames throughout the forest.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The fire is rapidly spreading across the territory, covering new blocks of forest,&#8221; the State Emergency Service noted. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-2-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1391078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-2-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-2-1-650x366.jpg 650w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-2-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Emergency services, special equipment, and other services are involved in extinguishing the fire. Rescuers are working in an intensive mode, trying to localize the sources of ignition and prevent the fire from spreading further. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-3-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1391081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-3-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-3-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-3-1-488x650.jpg 488w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-3-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> At the same time, some areas remain inaccessible for liquidation due to the risk of explosives. Work there is temporarily restricted for safety reasons. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-6-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1391084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-6-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-6-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-6-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-6-1-650x366.jpg 650w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/original-6-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> The State Emergency Service emphasizes that the situation remains difficult, but control over the main sources of ignition is gradually strengthening.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large-scale forest fire is raging in the Exclusion Zone in the Kyiv region, which has already covered over 1,100 hectares. Due to strong winds and dry weather, the fire is rapidly spreading to new areas of the forest, which is complicating the work of rescuers. This was reported by the State Emergency Service of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1391070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873],"class_list":["post-1391091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1391091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1391070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}