An explosion occurred in a high-rise building near Kiev: details and photos from the scene

On Saturday, October 21, near Kiev, an explosion occurred in a high-rise building. Rescuers immediately rushed to the scene.

This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kyiv region.

So, at 10:20, the operational dispatch service of the State Fire and Rescue Department of the Fastovsky district received a message that an explosion had occurred in the apartment of a 25-story residential building in the village. Novoselki.

“Rescuers who arrived at the scene of the call discovered that a tourist gas canister had exploded in an apartment on the 22nd floor,” the rescuers said.

Fortunately, there was no fire at the explosion site. Among the consequences of the explosion, according to the State Emergency Service, a window frame was knocked out, window glass was damaged, and two cars that were parked under the house were damaged from falling window glass.