Russian strike on Kyiv hospital sparks fire, one injured as dozens evacuated
A Russian attack on the night of 12-13 November ignited a fire across three floors of a six-storey hospital in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district, injuring one person as rescuers evacuated patients and staff.
By Alessia Romano ·
A Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital during the night of 12-13 November sparked a fire at a hospital in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district, leaving one person injured and forcing the evacuation of dozens of patients and staff, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv reported.
According to the emergency service, the blaze broke out on the first three floors of the six-storey medical facility as a direct result of the strike. The first floor of the building sustained extensive damage, and emergency crews responded to the scene.
"Russia once again attacked the capital on the night of 12-13 November," the State Emergency Service said in its report. "A fire has broken out on the first three floors of a six-storey medical facility in the Shevchenkivskyi district as a result of the enemy attack, causing extensive damage on the first floor."
The emergency service said that staff at the medical facility had evacuated 30 patients and employees to safety during the night, while its own personnel rescued another seven people from the building. Early reports indicate that one injured person sought treatment from an ambulance crew.
Photos and video released alongside the emergency service's report showed the damaged medical facility in the wake of the overnight attack.
An air-raid warning had been issued in the capital on the night of 12-13 November because of the threat posed by Russian drones. Shortly afterwards, city authorities reported falling debris and a fire at a medical facility in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
The hospital fire was the third drone-related incident to affect Kyiv in about two days. On the night of 11-12 November, a Russian attack drone struck a nine-storey residential building in the city's Solomianskyi district, killing a woman and injuring seven other residents.
On the afternoon of 12 November, debris from a downed Russian drone fell onto a road in the Shevchenkivskyi district, damaging a bus and a car and injuring one man.
Between the fatal strike on the residential building, the debris that fell onto the road and the fire at the hospital, the series of incidents over roughly two days left one person dead and several others injured across two Kyiv districts.
