Fire near nuke plant controlled: Ukraine

Kyiv, March 4 ( /Sputnik) The fire near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP) has been controlled, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said on Friday. “At 5:55 am (local time), the fire at a training center (with the size of 60 by 40 meters) of the Zaporizhzhia NPP in the city of Enerhodar was localised to 2,000 square meters. Preliminarily, no people have been killed or injured,” the service said in a statement. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had put its Incident and Emergency Center in full 24/7 response mode over the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP). Earlier, the Zaporizhzhia NPP reported about a fire on its territory but later the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said that the blaze had erupted outside the plant, with one of its ts having been switched off. “IAEA puts its Incident and Emergency Centre in full 24/7 response mode due to serious situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine,” the IAEA tweeted. /SPUTNIK RNJ