Overview

• Emergency services reported a blaze in a multi-storey building on Gmyri Street in Alchevsk, LNR, with the fire originating in a seventh‑floor apartment.
• Two residents were found dead during rescue operations, and their identities are being established by authorities.
• Apartments on the eighth and ninth floors partially collapsed, along with damage to the attic overlay and roof, according to the regional MChS.
• Local DNR authorities said the fire followed an explosion, a claim investigators have not yet corroborated.
• The Investigative Committee's LNR branch deployed investigators and criminalists to the site, as 20 specialists and five units of equipment handled evacuations and response.