KIEV, June 30 - A wildfire covering an area of approximately 130 hectares is burning in the exclusion zone on the premises of the 'Chornobylska Puscha' specialized forestry enterprise, Ukraine's State Emergency Situations Service said on Tuesday morning.

"Dry grass and reed caught fire in the exclusion and unconditional (obligatory) relocation zone on the premises of the 'Chornobylska Puscha' forestry enterprise, near the village of Kovshylivka and the urban-style settlement of Poliske in the flood plain of the Uzh River, at 5:10 p.m. on June 29. Individual spots of the fire have spread over an area of around 130 hectares," it said.