Fires Break Out In Kyiv After Powerful Explosions

• 30.10.2024, 8:15

9 people were injured, including one child.

On the night of October 30, explosions took place in Kyiv during the work of air defence, and fires broke out because of falling debris of enemy drones. This is stated in the message

As a result of the incident, 9 people were injured, including one child. The state emergency service confirmed that a fire in a multi-storey house in Solomensky district was eliminated on the area of 40 square metres.

18 people were evacuated from the building, 11-year-old child who was diagnosed with an acute reaction to stress is among the injured.

In addition, a fire broke out in an eight-storey administrative building, but it was also extinguished.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko also said that the wreckage of the drone caused an explosion and fire in Solomensky district of Kyiv.

He noted that all relevant services are already on their way to the site.

‘An explosion in Solomensky district of the capital. A fire in the same district as a result of falling debris from a drone,’ Klitschko said.

Later, the mayor said that three more people addressed the medics in Solomensky district, at one of the addresses of calling emergency services in a residential house. All of them were provided with assistance.

The fire in the apartment building was eliminated, rescue services are working on site, medics are on duty.