Fire at Zaporizhzhya NPP
In the evening of 11 August 2024, about 20:00, a fire was recorded on the territory of Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant
"Energoatom" reports that the fire is not related to the nuclear reactor itself, the fire is occurring at a technical water supply facility, cooling tower number one (a structure for cooling steam). It is located at a distance of about a kilometre from the NPP power units.
According to Energoatom, the cooling tower is used by the Russian occupants as a storage facility for military equipment and ammunition. The fire could have been caused by the occupants' negligence or deliberate arson.
According to the head of the Nikopol Regional State Administration, the Russian military is burning car tyres in one of the cooling towers.
The Ukrainian president said that radiation levels were normal at the moment.