Flood at Ocean Plaza: Kyiv Shopping Centre and Surroundings Scalded with Boiling Water (Photos, Video)
On the roadway near the shopping centre, there is water and steam.
On Monday evening, January 13, the Holosiivskyi District of Kyiv was flooded at Ocean Plaza, the capital's second-largest shopping and entertainment complex.
According to eyewitnesses, a pipe carrying hot water burst in the shopping centre, and the roadway near the building was flooded with boiling water. Visitors were evacuated.
UPD: At the press centre of the main department of the State Emergency Service in Kyiv reported that a heating main burst at 174 Antonovycha Street in the Holosiivskyi District.
“As a result of the heating main burst, the asphalt surface was undermined. A minibus taxi partially fell into the hole that formed,” — the State Emergency Service said.
At 20:38, an on-duty unit of the 27th State Fire and Rescue Unit was dispatched to the scene. Rescuers removed 4 passengers from the minibus and also evacuated three people nearby who had found themselves in the steam curtain by the trolleybus.
“Hot water from the heating main also got into the Auchan store and the first floor of the Ocean Plaza shopping centre. People were evacuated. Rescuers personally carried five people out of the premises in their arms. Rescuers also carried one injured woman who had suffered leg burns out of the building. The injured woman was handed over to medical workers. Utility services and Kyiv City State Administration rescuers are working at the scene,” the State Emergency Service said.
UPD-2: At a briefing, Kyivteploenergo said that 9 people had received burns from the hot water.
Photos and videos from the scene show that water flooded the first floor of the shopping centre.
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The video may contain obscene language.
People try to break windows to escape the boiling water (video by Strana.ua)
Some cars that were caught in the flood in the Ocean Plaza car park may not survive it. Lawyer Vladyslav Bilotskyi has already offered his help to the victims.
Lawyers predict a flood of lawsuits seeking compensation for damages.
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