A fire broke out in a high-rise building in Lviv: 60 people were rescued, there are injured

In Lviv, on the night of January 2, a fire broke out on the sixth floor of a nine-story residential building at 14 Trolleybusnaya Street.

According to the regional department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, emergency workers rescued 60 people from a smoky house, 10 of them were children (including three babies).

Another 20 people were evacuated outside the building.

It is known that two people received injuries of varying degrees as a result of the fire, and doctors diagnosed another with a mechanical injury.

All victims were taken to a medical facility.

At 01:14 the fire was extinguished. The fire managed to destroy household items in an area of ​​25 sq. m, damage the walls and ceiling of the common corridor on an area of ​​40 sq. m, the doors of the neighboring apartment were also damaged.

The circumstances and cause of the fire are under investigation.

Recall that at present Lviv is implementing a municipal program to provide condominiums and housing cooperatives with generators. As the experience of the Kyiv region shows, the number of fires in the region may increase.

Photo by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine