After a rocket attack, rescuers evacuated people from a burning building

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A fire caused by rocket shrapnel in Kyiv's Dniprovsky district evacuates 15 people, including four children; authorities are assessing the number of casualties, three of whom were reported by the mayor.

In the Dniprovsky district of the capital, firefighters evacuated 15 people from a from a house that caught fire, probably as a result of rocket debris, UNN reports.

"Preliminary, as a result of the downing of enemy air targets, numerous pieces of debris fell in Dniprovskyi and Desnianskyi districts. In particular, in open areas, on roadways and in residential areas.

In Dniprovskyi district, where the facade of a of the building and a fire on the 7th floor, the residents were evacuated. 15 people were rescued, including 4 children," the KCMA reported.

State Emergency Service units and medical teams are working. Information on the number of about the victims is being clarified. At the same time, Mayor Vitali Klitschko earlier reported about three victims in the Dniprovskyi district. 

Other rocket fragments were also reported falling on the left bank of the of the capital. In particular, a car caught fire in the Dniprovskyi district, and one private house was damaged in one private house in the Desnianskyi and Dniprovskyi districts.