A residential building caught fire in Odesa. A rescuer was killed while extinguishing the fire, UNN reports with reference to the State Emergency Service.
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The fire occurred on Kanatna Street.
Upon arrival at the scene, the rescuers found that the roof and an apartment on the top floor of a four-story residential building were burning with open flames.
The units were responding to an elevated call number. It took firefighters almost 3 hours to completely eliminate the fire on the area of 1500 square meters. Three people were evacuated from the smoky building.
"...a rescuer died while extinguishing the fire. [All details are being established," the statement said.