This might be big news - if that fire isn't controlled

[msmob]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52274242

Wildfires 'edge closer to Chernobyl nuclear plant'

Forest fires that have been burning for several days in northern Ukraine are now no more than a few kilometres from the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant, reports say.

Tour operator Yaroslav Emelianenko said one had reached the abandoned town of Pripyat, which used to serve the plant.

He said it was now just 2km (1.24 miles) from where the most dangerous waste from the plant was stored.

Greenpeace said the fires were much bigger than the authorities realised.

I hope this fire doesn't reach the plant.... Radiation blowing across UA/ BY ( and beyond) not something we
want to think of..

[Grumpy]

It seems rainfall has extinguished most of the fire. Some trees still burning, but should be easier to control after the rain cooled the fire. The plant is mostly concrete and steel, so not much to burn there.