One person died and five were injured in a night-time fire at a boarding house on Oksamytova Street in Sofiivska Borshchahivka. Rescuers found the body of a person born in 1952 while putting out the fire.
The Kyiv Oblast State Emergency Service reported this.
The fire was reported at 02:56. It broke out in one of the rooms on the second floor of the three-storey building. At the time there were 51 people in the boarding house, including four staff members.
Rescuers evacuated people with the help of breathing-apparatus teams and saved 30 residents with limited mobility. The five injured were taken to the Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital.
Emergency service psychologists at the scene helped 11 people with limited mobility. The fire was put out at 03:52 and the evacuation was completed at 04:04. The cause of the fire is being established.
Photo: Kyiv Oblast State Emergency Service
As a reminder, in October drone debris caused a fire in Sofiivska Borshchahivka.
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