The hot water column, which escaped from under the asphalt, reached a height above the fourth floor, which is about 12 meters. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred during the hydrotesting on Nezhinskaya Street in the area of ??the National Aviation University.

Because of the accident, clay and sand at the breakout site were blurred by dozens of meters around.

At the same time, Roman Tkachuk, the head of the Emergency Situations Department of the Kyiv City State Administration, informed the journalists that the situation is under control now, and the "Kyivenergo" brigades are engaged in the liquidation of the accident,.

He also confirmed that as a result of the accident two cars were damaged. Victims are not reported yet.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, on the night of May 19, in Kiev on Obolon broke through the heat pipe network. As a result of the accident, about 25 houses were left without water. As reported by local residents in the social network, the accident occurred on the Prospect of Heroes of Stalingrad.