Forest fire around defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant put out, Ukraine government says

A view shows burning trees and a road covered in heavy smoke in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in Kiev region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released by Ukrainian State Emergency Service on April 10, 2020. State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kiev region/Handout via REUTERS

KIEV (Reuters) - A huge blaze that tore through forests around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant has been put out, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, saying hundreds of emergency workers had used planes and helicopters to douse the flames.

Environmental activists had warned on Monday that the fire, near the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, posed a radiation risk.