Local radiation 16 times above normal after forest fire near Chernobyl

This happened back in 2015 also. It will probably happen again.

Smoke from Chernobyl fire could spread radiation far and wide - experts
https://www.rt.com/news/254193-chernobyl-fire-radiation-spread/

Satellite Imagery of Chernobyl Fires
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146561/fires-burn-in-northern-ukraine

Forest fires rip through Chernobyl, triggers radiation spike around nuclear plant

CRIIRAD monitoring Kiev nuclear risk of Chernobyl radioactive plumes #Strontium90 #Plutonium #Cesium137/134

The fires in the highly contaminated area of ​​Polesskoye, located some 50 km west of
the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, are still active, but other fires have developed during the week, in the heart of the 30 kilometer zone. The fire in the Korogodsky forest is thus located only a few kilometers from the damaged reactor (see illustration above).

Besides the resuspension in the atmosphere of cesium 137 accumulated in the biomass (and probably also plutonium and strontium 90), questions arise about the safety of nuclear installations. The April 9, Ukrainian authorities 1 said: “Large-scale fires can threaten security in the region as well as the facilities located in the exclusion zone where the radioactive waste, used nuclear fuel and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant ”and“ Due to the heavy smoke, it is impossible to precisely determine the area affected by the fire, which, according to preliminary, may be 100 ha ‘.
According to the DAZV agency, the State Agency in charge of the Management of the Forbidden Zone 2, the gamma dose rates measured by sensors located in areas close to fires have fluctuation levels usual.

https://nuclear-news.net/2020/04/12/criirad-monitoring-kiev-nuclear-risk-of-chernobyl-radioactive-plumes-strontium90-plutonium-cesium137-134/

Some more on this:
Raging forest infernos in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone burning for eight days are now 'close' to exploded nuclear reactor amid new fears of radiation contamination
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8212397/Raging-forest-infernos-Chernobyl-Exclusion-Zone-close-exploded-nuclear-reactor.html

Toxic fumes near nuclear disaster site could sweep across Europe - warning
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1268371/Chernobyl-fire-nuclear-power-plant-disaster-fires-Ukraine-fumes-Europe-radioactive-nuclear