As a result of the fire, the fire almost fell on the forest. As the general director of the Khortitsa reserve, Maxim Ostapenko, wrote on his Facebook page, rescuers managed to stop the terrible arson.

Unknown persons tried to burn Zaporizhzhya Sich. The fire went along the windy side and set fire to the steppe along a broad front, then the fire went to Sich at great speed, "he said, adding that only because there were about two dozen people who joined the extinguishment, the operative response of the State Emergency Service, the police and Fire brigade of Khortitsa, managed to avoid the terrible consequences.

However, Ostapenko said that this is not the first fire in the reserve. Fires on Khortitsa have recently been carried out by a group of people who seem to have set themselves the task of burning everything on the island,.

Let us recall that the previous arson of Khortitsa occurred on June 7, 200 meters from the museum. Employees of the reserve reacted instantly and extinguished the fire in five minutes.

As reported URA-Inform, May 8 in Zaporozhye, there was a fire on Khortitsa.