Drones caused fires in Mykolaiv Oblast: State Emergency Service’s 24-hour report

Russian forces attacked Mykolaiv Oblast with attack drones on November 9 and in the early hours of November 10. The strikes sparked fires in communities in Mykolaiv District. Firefighters extinguished the fires; no one was injured.

In its 24-hour report, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine also reported fires unrelated to military action:

• a passenger car caught fire in Mykolaiv;
• rubbish caught fire in an open area in the Pivdennoukrainsk Territorial Community.

The causes of these fires are still being established.

More than 40 firefighters and 10 units of specialized equipment from the State Emergency Service were involved in extinguishing the fires. Local fire brigades also worked at the scene. Additional equipment from a municipal utility company in Pivdennoukrainsk was brought in as well.

Source: Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv Oblast.

We previously reported:

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• A combine harvester, a metal detector and a water truck: what harvest season looks like in Mykolaiv Oblast now
• Three injured in Mykolaiv after a Shahed attack; man in critical condition
• Russian drone burns 20 hectares of wheat in the Halytsynove community