Firefighters extinguished fires at two locations in the Chernobyl zone. They also localized one remaining hotspot while work continued on a single ignition source.
The response had already brought a 130-hectare fire under control by 04.07.26 at 14:52. Radiation background levels stayed within normal limits, which kept the fire response focused on suppression rather than a wider emergency.
Chornobyl zone fire response
Rescuers extinguished two more fire sources and kept working on the localized hotspot. That left three hotspots in the zone at the time of the report, even as the situation remained under control.
The sequence matters for anyone tracking the fire line: one large burn area had been extinguished first, then the smaller fire sources were brought down, and the remaining ignition point was narrowed to one localized area. That kind of progression shows crews were moving from broader suppression to mop-up work, not starting from scratch.
State Emergency Service of Ukraine update
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine was the responding body named in the report, and the account placed the firefighting effort inside the Chornobyl zone rather than at a separate site. The report also used the same update to say the fire on 130 hectares had been extinguished.
For readers watching the fire response closely, the practical point is straightforward: the blaze did not spread beyond the reported area, and radiation background levels did not leave normal limits. The remaining question is how quickly crews will eliminate the last localized hotspot after already extinguishing two locations and two additional fire sources.
