The forest fire spread over an area of approximately 100 hectares. It was stated that firefighters were put into operation for places that could not be reached in the fire where more than 120 firefighters were commissioned. Environmental Inspection Service Chairman Yehor Firsov stated that the radiation rate was 16 times higher than normal at some points in the post-fire measurements, therefore, the teams were not sent to some points where the fire continued because the radiation hazard continued in certain places. Firsov added that the radiation level in the capital Kiev, 100 kilometers from the fire zone, is at a normal level and that there are no hazards due to fire. It was also noted that small fires in certain areas of the region were taken under control. As the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant caused the biggest nuclear disaster in the world as a result of the explosion in 1986, measures were taken in November 2016 by closing it with a giant steel belt. While industrial production activities have not been carried out for more than 20 years after the disaster in the region, there are no settlements, except for about 200 people living in the nearby village of Volodymyrivna. The same area was visited by more than 100 thousand tourists in 2019.
