On the evening of 4 November, a fire broke out in a storeroom on the first floor of a nine-storey residential building on Volodymyr Velykyi Street in Lviv. The fire service was alerted to the blaze at 20:33.
The fire engulfed household items over an area of around 5 sq. m. By the time the crews arrived, there was heavy smoke throughout the building.
Using specialist rescue equipment, firefighters led four people, including one child, out of the danger zone. To ensure residents’ safety, firefighters also escorted a further 10 people out of the building.
The fire was contained at 20:49 and fully extinguished at 20:52. Eleven firefighters and three units of specialist equipment from Lviv’s 4th State Fire and Rescue Station were involved in tackling the blaze.