A psychiatric boarding school in the Kharkiv region caught fire, resulting in injuries among individuals present at the scene.
A fire broke out in a psychiatric boarding school in the city of Yuzhne, Kharkiv region. As a result of the incident, 6 people were injured.
This was reported by RBK-Ukraine citing State Emergency Service.
The fire ignited at 21:44 on Saturday, January 4, in a two-story building of the psychiatric boarding school in Yuzhne.
A mattress and belongings in a room on the second floor were ablaze. The area of the fire was 2 m2.
"During the fire, 6 individuals were injured, one of whom sustained 90% burns to their body, while the other 5 suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. All the injured have been hospitalized," the report states.
The fire was localized by 22:10 and subsequently extinguished. The cause is being investigated.
Photo: State Emergency Service (SES) (t.me/dsns_telegram/36713)
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