In Kyiv, a shell flew into the yard of a high-rise building: 5 casualties currently reported

Valentyna Romanenko — Sunday, 20 March 2022, 15:24

In Kyiv, a fire broke out in a residential building as a result of shell fragments.

Source: State Emergency Service; Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klychko on Telegram

Details: On the afternoon of 20 March, the Rescue Service received a report of a fire in a residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district of the capital.

Firefighters from nearby fire and rescue teams immediately arrived at the scene. Upon arrival, rescuers found that as a result of the shell fragments, a fire had broken out on the 4th-floor balcony of a 10-storey residential building and 2 private cars.

The fire has now been extinguished.

Residents are being evacuated from the building. So far, 6 people have been evacuated. Information on casualties is being clarified.

Klychko notes that the shell hit the yard next to a ten-storey residential building. The building is damaged and cars in the yard have been burned out.

At the moment, no one has been killed. 5 people were injured. Two of them were hospitalised. Doctors and rescuers are working on the spot.