On the night of Friday, August 26, at about 01:3, in the center of Lviv on Svobody Avenue, 23, a three-story apartment building partially collapsed, in which there were people.

According to the State Emergency Service in the Lviv region, three apartments were destroyed: one apartment was completely destroyed, two - partially, and two non-residential premises with a total area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b80 square meters were completely destroyed..

Rescuers reported that 12 people were evacuated from the house, including a 4-year-old child.. After the rescue operation and the search for people under the rubble with the help of a dog, no victims were found..

The rescue operation continued until 5 am.

According to the deputy mayor of Lviv for housing and communal services Irina Marunyak, the residents of the house heard an unusual noise in one of the apartments and called the police. People were evacuated from the house before the collapse occurred.

“As a result of the collapse of the outbuilding part of the house, three apartments and 2 non-residential premises were destroyed. One apartment was rented out, so now they are investigating whether there were people in it,” Maruniak said..

The press service of the Lviv City Council notes that, according to preliminary information, the probable cause of the collapse was the reconstruction of a house in a neighboring building on Svobody Avenue, 21. Currently, the city council is establishing the legality of works.