On Monday in Kiev, a fire broke out in an open area on Pukhovskaya Street, in Desnyanskiy district of the capital. This is reported by the Kyiv Office of the State Emergency Service.

Information about the fire was received at 14:18. To the place of the call there were immediately directions from the nearest units.

"Upon arrival, it was determined that the grass on the territory of about 3 hectares was burning. Without losing time, firefighters immediately began to extinguish the fire, "- said in a statement.

It is noted that fire extinguishing is carried out by means of water supply from the nearest sources. To prevent the spread of the fire over a large area, along the perimeter, with the help of automotive engineering, land belts were plowed.

Now there are seven units of equipment and 20 personnel on site. Extinguishing the fire while continuing. The cause of its occurrence is revealed.

Note that nearby, on Pukhovskaya Street, 16, there is a CHP-6, which provides electricity and heat to the northern and north-eastern districts of Kiev.

Look at the photo gallery: In Kiev, a large fire near CHP-6 Recall, on the morning of June 5 in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a dry grass fire broke out with the subsequent spread of fire into the forest on an area of ??about 10 hectares. The fire was eliminated on the evening of June 8.

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