Four firefighters injured while responding to Russian attack in Khmelnytskyi – photos

Four State Emergency Service of Ukraine workers have been injured in a secondary explosion while fighting a fire at a market in Khmelnytskyi caused by a Russian attack.

Source: Serhii Tiurin, Head of Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote from Tiurin: "The downing of an aerial asset by air defence forces resulted in debris falling and a fire breaking out at a market in the oblast centre [the city of Khmelnytskyi]."

Details: The State Emergency Service said that a secondary detonation had occurred while emergency personnel and equipment were being deployed at the scene. Four firefighters were injured in the explosion and hospitalised with injuries of varying severity.

A total of 45 firefighters and eight fire appliances and rescue equipment units from the State Emergency Service were working at the scene.

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