A fire that threatened the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant has been contained, Ukrainian authorities said.

Emergency services said on Tuesday there were still some “smouldering” parts of the forest floor, but there was “no open fire” left. There had been fears the blaze could threaten the site of the 1986 nuclear catastrophe.

Greenpeace Russia said on Monday one blaze was just one kilometre from the plant itself. Though fires are common in the area, Greenpeace said this was the worst in decades. Police have arrested a 27-year-old man and accused him of starting the blaze. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was “carefully monitoring” the situation and praised emergency services for their “courage”. He tweeted that “society needs to know the truth and to be safe”.(BBC)…[+]