In a Russian attack on Kyiv, a fire broke out overnight into Friday in a six-storey clinic in the Shevchenkivskyi district. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, one person was injured. According to the authority, the fire affected the first three floors of the building, and there was also partial destruction on the second floor.
According to the emergency service, the facility’s staff brought 30 patients and employees to safety during the night, and a further seven people were rescued by emergency crews. According to preliminary information, one injured person turned to an ambulance.
The state emergency service quoted in its statement: “Overnight into 13 November, Russia attacked the capital again. As a result of the enemy shelling, a fire broke out in the Shevchenkivskyi district in a six-storey building of a medical facility at the level of floors 1 to 3, with partial destruction at the level of the 2nd floor.”
During the night, an air alert was triggered in the capital because of the danger of enemy drones. Shortly afterwards, the city authorities reported the fall of debris and a fire in a building of a medical facility. The state emergency service published photos of the firefighting operations.
