On 8 October, at 00:17, a fire was reported at 57 Vyhovskoho Street in Lviv. An apartment on the fourth floor of a five-storey residential building was on fire.
When the firefighters arrived at the scene, smoke was coming out of the windows and doors of the apartment. According to neighbours, the 40-year-old owner could have been in the apartment.
The firefighters donned special respiratory and visual protection equipment and began extinguishing the fire and rescuing people. As the fire caused heavy smoke, firefighters took 6 residents from the top floor and a neighbouring apartment to the fresh air.
At the same time, the rescuers used a hand tool to open the door of the apartment where the fire started. During the reconnaissance, the firefighters found the owner without signs of life on the sofa in the room.
Firefighters localised the fire at 00:43 and eliminated it at 00:45. The fire destroyed household items over an area of 5 square metres and a window.
11 firefighters and 2 units of special equipment were engaged to eliminate the fire. Experts are establishing the causes and circumstances of the fire.