Fire in Chernobyl Zone: Woman Decides to Set Forest Ablaze Over Unpaid Wages
The fire has affected 14 hectares.
Angry that she had not been paid her wages, a local woman decided to start a fire in a forest in Kyiv region.
On September 10, the 22-year-old suspect set fire to dry grass in three places on the roadside between the villages of Novi Sokoly in Ivankiv district and Romanivka in Polissia district, said the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office. The woman wanted to take revenge on the forester for allegedly not paying her wages.
The uncontrolled fire quickly spread to nearby trees, and then to the forests of the Chernobyl Zone — a total of 14 hectares of territory were affected. Firefighters had to use aircraft to extinguish the blaze.
The woman is suspected under Part 1 of Article 245 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — destruction or damage of forest areas. The court ordered 24-hour house arrest for her.
Earlier, an accountant at a Kyiv university invented an employee and collected his salary for seven years.
In Odesa region, a 5-year-old boy burned himself in a haystack.
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