In the village of Domazhyr in the Yavoriv district, a fire broke out at night in a two-storey residential building, during which firefighters carried from the flames a man born in 1971. The incident was reported on 19 October at 02:49.
The fire started on the ground floor of the house, where household items were burning over an area of 50 sq. m. When the firefighters arrived at the scene, flames were bursting out of the ground-floor windows.
Firefighters began extinguishing the fire and carried the injured man, who had sustained burns, out of the house. He was handed over to medics, who took him to St Luke’s Hospital in Lviv.
The fire was contained at 03:21, and at 03:51 the blaze was completely extinguished. Thanks to the firefighters’ actions, the man was saved and the destruction of the residential building was prevented.
The circumstances of the fire are being established. Firefighters urge people to be careful with open flames and to follow fire safety rules, and in the event of a fire to call 101 immediately.