In Kharkiv, shelling caused a fire broke out at the market

OLENA ROSHCHINA — SATURDAY, 21 MAY 2022, 08: 20

PHOTO OF the State Emergency Service of Ukraine

During the day from 20 to 21 May, rescuers from the Kharkiv garrison went 10 times to eliminate fires caused by shelling, including at the market in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv.

Source: operational information of the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv region, as of 7 a.m. on 21 May 

Details: Fires caused by enemy shelling occurred in the Chuhuiv (4), Kharkiv (3), Lozivskyi (1), and Bohodukhiv (1) districts of the region, as well as the Kyiv (1) district of Kharkiv. Private houses, outbuildings, garages, infrastructure facilities, and natural ecosystems were on fire.

So on 20 May, at 20:28, a fire was reported on the territory of a market in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv. As a result of an enemy shell, market stalls covering an area of 1000 square metres burned down. 

10 units of fire and rescue equipment from the state emergency service and 60 rescuers were sent to the scene of the fire. At 00:48, the fire was extinguished.

Also, during the day, rescuers carried out emergency rescue operations and dismantled rubble in the destroyed buildings of the Kholodnogorsk, Industrial, and Novobavarsky districts of Kharkiv, and in the Shevchenko and Derhachi amalgamated municipal communities (hromadas) in the area.

Bomb disposal experts of the state emergency service neutralized 18 pieces of the Russians’ ammunition.