Three people rescued from a fire in Mykolaiv: SES report for the day

Over the past day, State Emergency Service of Ukraine units extinguished 13 fires in Mykolaiv Oblast. During a fire in a residential building in Mykolaiv, 3 people, including a child, were rescued. The woman and child were hospitalized. Another 5 fires in the region were caused by Russian attacks.

An apartment on the 5th floor of a 9-storey residential building caught fire in Mykolaiv. The fire was not related to enemy aggression. Firefighters rescued 3 people, including 1 child, and evacuated another 10 people from the upper floors.

1 woman and the child were taken to a medical facility. The preliminary diagnosis was smoke inhalation. Furniture and household items were burning in the apartment; the fire was extinguished across an area of 50 sq. m.

Fires caused by Russian attacks broke out at the following sites:

• a freight terminal belonging to a private logistics company in Mykolaiv;
• the grounds of a service station in Mykolaiv District;
• the roof of a service station building in Mykolaiv District;
• an outbuilding in Mykolaiv District;
• the roof of a disused building in Bashtanka District.

Rescuers extinguished all of these fires. According to preliminary information, no one was injured in these fires.

Another 3 fires broke out in passenger cars. They burned:

• in the Vradivka territorial community of Pervomaisk District;
• in the Yelanets territorial community of Voznesensk District;
• in the Chornomorsk territorial community of Mykolaiv District — the car caught fire as a result of a traffic accident.

In addition, 2 fires in outbuildings were extinguished in Voznesensk District, and another 1 such fire in Mykolaiv District. A dry-grass fire in an open area was extinguished in Bashtanka District. The causes of the fires are being investigated.

In total, more than 120 State Emergency Service personnel and 30 pieces of specialized equipment were deployed. The specialists involved included:

• firefighters;
• bomb disposal experts;
• chemists.

A specialized firefighting robot was also used at the impact sites.

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

We wrote earlier:

• Fires broke out in Mykolaiv following Russian attacks: 4 people killed
• An apartment on the fifth floor caught fire in Mykolaiv: 24 fires occurred in the region in one day
• A man died in an apartment fire in Mykolaiv
• A man died in a residential building fire in Mykolaiv Oblast
• “A day of fires”: apartments and rubbish in a garage were burning in Mykolaiv — one person was rescued