Police are establishing the cause of an explosion in a village in Yavoriv district, Lviv region
Two people died as a result of the incident, and another woman was injured and is now in the hospital.
According to preliminary investigations, on April 24, a 58-year-old resident of a village in Yavoriv district together with her 54-year-old neighbor brought metal objects to a scrap metal collection point located in the village of Staryi Yar.
During the weighing of the metal, an explosion occurred, killing the man who brought the scrap and the owner of the scrap collection point, a 42-year-old local resident, on the spot. The woman who came with the deceased sustained numerous injuries and is now in hospital.
Investigators, explosive experts, and forensic specialists from the Lviv regional police, as well as officers from the Yavoriv district police department, are working at the scene. Law enforcement officers are conducting inspections, establishing the circumstances of the incident and the cause of the explosion.
Criminal proceedings were opened under Article 264 (Negligent storage of firearms or ammunition) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for a sentence of restraint of liberty for up to three years or imprisonment for the same term.
Lviv regional police communication department