One killed, another injured in gas explosion near Kyiv

13 December 2023, 01:16 PM

A person had died in a gas explosion in Obukhiv district, Kyiv Oblast, and another individual was injured the State Emergency Service (DSNS) reported on Dec. 13.

The explosion took place in a private residential building on Central Street in the village of Chayki.

ДСНС Київщини/Telegram
Photo: ДСНС Київщини/Telegram

Upon arrival at the scene, rescue teams were able to extract a man and a woman from the rubble.

“The woman, in a state of shock, was extricated from under the rubble and handed over to paramedics for emergency medical assistance,” said the DSNS.

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“Unfortunately, the man was subsequently pronounced dead.”

Rescue operations remain ongoing.

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