Radiation background in Belarus is stable

The radiation background in Homel Province and all over the country is stable and corresponds to annual indexes, BELTA refers to the Republican Hydrometeorological Centre for Radiation Contamination Monitoring.

No increase in gamma radiation has been registered, the centre reports.

Ukrainian rescuers spent several days trying to put out the forest fire in Chernobyl including the alienation zone. The fire was extinguished at 9 a.m. on May 2.

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