8 fires caused by Russian shelling in Kharkiv

Iryna Balachuk – Saturday, 16 April 2022, 09:14

In the late afternoon of 15 April, Russian troops shelled a residential area of the Industrialnyi neighbourhood of Kharkiv, causing 8 fires.

Source: State Emergency Service in the Kharkiv Region, on Telegram

According to SES: "Around 16:00 an enemy shelling of a residential part of the Industrialnyi neighbourhood of Kharkiv took place. This caused 8 fires at once, in residential buildings as well as the local stores."

Details: 10 units of firefighting equipment and 40 SES personnel were deployed to extinguish the fires.

Pyrotechnic units of the SES were also involved in 72 cases of removing unexploded ordnance and other explosive devices.