Fires in Odesa: Casualties and Rescue Operations

A fire broke out in a residential building in the Primorsky district of Odesa, leaving one woman injured. Rescuers brought the victim out of the smoke-filled apartment and handed her over to medical personnel.
According to the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region, the fire erupted on the evening of January 19 in an apartment on the first floor of a two-story building on Kinna Street. Personal belongings and household items were engulfed in flames. During the firefighting operations, a woman born in 1964 was rescued.
"The woman suffered from 30% body burns and was in moderate condition. Rescuers evacuated her from the house and handed her to the medics. Firefighters also evacuated 4 individuals from the second floor, including one child.
Thanks to the firefighters' efforts, neighboring apartments were saved," the report states.
The likely cause of the fire is an electrical short circuit, and the amount of damage is currently being assessed. A total of 28 firefighters and 8 units of firefighting equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire.

Today, January 20, another fire occurred in a private residential building in the Peresyp district of Odesa, in Agronomichnyi Lane. Rescuers discovered the body of the owner, born in 1993, at the scene.
The causes of the fire and the extent of damages are under investigation. 7 firefighters and 2 units of equipment were mobilized to extinguish the fire.
Over the past day, emergency services have repeatedly collaborated with other agencies, including:
in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi on Izmailska Street, rescuers assisted the police in opening an apartment door where the body of a deceased woman born in 1938 was found;
in the Primorsky district of Odesa on Shevchenko Avenue, emergency workers helped medics transport a sick woman to an ambulance.