Rescuers put out a large-scale fire that arose as a result of Russian shelling at a market in Kharkiv.
"At 16:20, the fire on the territory of the market was liquidated on an area of 3,600 square meters. As a result of the shelling, three people were killed and five people were injured," the press service of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv region reports.
As previously reported, on March 16, as a result of Russian shelling, a fire broke out in the trade pavilions on the territory of the market. To extinguish the fire, 51 people and nine pieces of equipment of the State Emergency Service were involved.
