(Reuters) -A Russian drone struck a multi-storey residential building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Friday evening, triggering a fire in the top floors and killing one person and injuring four, officials said.
Serhiy Popko, head of the capital’s military administration said more than 100 residents were evacuated from the high-rise in Solomyanskyi district, just west of the city centre. The injured were treated at the site and ambulances remained nearby.
“Apartments from the 17th to the 21st storeys were damaged in the apartment building in Solomyanskyi district,” Popko wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Apartments were on fire on the 20th floor.”
Emergency services said the fire had been brought under control. Photos and videos posted on their site showed firefighters using long hoists to battle the blaze.
Popko also said drone fragments had fallen in an open space in the central Shevchenkivskyi district. No casualties were reported.
Air defence units were in action before the hour-long air raid alert was lifted in Kyiv. Alerts remained in effect for much of central and eastern Ukraine.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleskander Kozhukhar; Editing by Jonathan Oatis,Bill Berkrot and Alistair Bell)
