Wildfire near Chornobyl is contained 

KYIV – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says firefighters have contained a large forest fire burning near the abandoned Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Mr. Yatsenyuk, told a government meeting on April 29 that “as of 12:45 p.m. the fires have been localized and contained. Radiation levels are normal.” Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov had said the fire involved about 400 hectares. The blaze in woodlands, parts of which are still contaminated by radioactive particles from the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, had raised fears of increased radiation in Ukraine and neighboring Belarus as high winds pushed it towards the plant. Emergency services deployed more than 300 firefighters, three planes and one helicopter to battle the blaze, which Mr. Yatsenyuk said was the largest in Ukraine since 1992. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Reuters and UNIAN)