Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant fire: there is no access to take the wounded to the hospital - Mayor

Friday, 4 March 2022, 05:38

Energodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov claims that there are injured people at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (NPP).

Source: Energodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov citing Energoatom in Telegram, Head of Regional State Administration Oleksandr Starukh citing Ukraina24 in Telegram

Verbatim: "Yesterday (March 3 - ed.), around 4.30 pm, an enemy convoy of armoured vehicles broke into the town, went directly to the nuclear power plant and began to shell from a close distance buildings and structures of the nuclear power plant.

The fire caught up. There are injured people there ... I don’t have any information about the number of injured.

About their condition: there people are heavily injured. We can’t take them to the hospital. "

Oleksandr Starukh, Verbatim:  "The evacuation of Energodar residents will not happen immediately in light of the Zaporizhzhya NPP incident. However, the evacuation plan is already being prepared, despite the fact that the infrastructure has been destroyed and Russian troops are still present around."