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High-Rise Near US Embassy in Kyiv Catches Fire, One Dead

Photo: TK Media
Photo: TK Media

Another fire in a high-rise in the capital.

A fire broke out in one of the apartments on the upper floors of a multi-story building at 4-B Sikorskoho Street in Kyiv (Shevchenkivskyi district of the city).

A man trapped by the smoke was forced to climb out of a window and, in search of rescue, stepped onto an air conditioner. Firefighters who arrived at the scene were ultimately able to save him.

Nothing is yet known about other victims of the fire in the building located next to the US Embassy in Ukraine.

UPD: According to Kyiv Operativ, the fire in the apartment was localized at 18:03. The body of a male was found at the scene. 

The day before, in Kyiv, one of the towers of Taryan Tower, located in Kyiv's Pechersk district, was on fire.