In the evening of April 20, an explosion occurred in a 12-story residential building on the Grandma Street in Kharkov, which suffered 13 people. Among them are three children. Seven victims, including minors, needed medical care, six of them were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning. Doctors evaluate the condition of the victims as an easy.

This was announced by the director of the Civil Protection Department of the Kharkov City Council Bogdan Gladkikh in the commentary "

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According to the official, ten people received light burns, symptoms of burning products or an acute stress reaction. All victims, according to preliminary data, are in a stable state, there is no threat to life.

From the upper floors of the house, where smoke accumulated due to the fire, rescuers evacuated 15 inhabitants, including five children. The State Emergencies Ministry added that the rooms of two apartments and the vestibule were burning on an area of \u200b\u200b50 m. sq.

The signal of fire and explosion entered emergency services at 22:11. Rescue services continue to work at the scene. The circumstances of the explosion are established by experts.

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