Fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant extinguished, no casualties, officials say
Ukrainian emergency services confirmed just a short while ago that a fire which had broken out in the training building of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant was extinguished after a blaze burned for at least four hours throughout early Friday morning.
Ukrainian authorities said the fire was ignited by shelling from Russian forces, claiming Russian troops had prevented emergency teams from attending to the blaze.
At 6.20am local time, Ukraine’s State Emergency Services issued an update published to their social media channels:
At 06:20 the fire in the training building of Zaporizhzhya NPP in Energodar was extinguished.”
According to the agency, no casualties have so far been reported.
Fighting at the plant also reportedly stopped, according to the mayor of Enerhodar, a town located south-east of the plant.
