In Mykolaiv, fire started by Russian shelling on Saturday still being extinguished
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — SUNDAY, 5 JUNE 2022, 13:17
In Mykolaiv, rescuers are still extinguishing a large-scale fire at an infrastructure facility caused by Russian shelling on 4 June.
Source: the mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkevych, the department of the State Emergency Service of Mykolaiv Oblast
Sienkevych quote: "In addition to the residential area, yesterday the Russian occupiers fired on an infrastructure facility in Mykolaiv. As a result, warehouses holding grain meal caught fire there. Rescuers are still extinguishing the fire."
Details: Rescuers say the fire had been contained to an area of 10,000 square metres, but work was ongoing to extinguish it.
Two warehouses were destroyed by the fire. There are no casualties.
Previously: Mykolaiv was fired on three times during the day on 4 June using Uragan [Hurricane] MLRS, and using 152-calibre and 203-calibre artillery.
According to Pivden [South] Operational Command, three civilians were killed and several other civilians were seriously injured in the shelling.
Apartment buildings and private cars in a residential area were damaged. A large-scale fire broke out on the premises of a private enterprise.
