Larisa Kozovaya11:47, 27.08.24

The difficulty in extinguishing the fire was due to the lack of access routes, but firefighters managed to quickly put out the fire.

In Odessa, a lightning strike caused the church of the Holy Iversky Monastery, which belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC MP), which was banned in Ukraine due to its ties to the Russian Federation, to catch fire.

“This morning, on Nebesnaya Sotny Street, a fire broke out in the dome of a church at a monastery,” the regional headquarters of the State Emergency Service reported .

It is said that the difficulty of extinguishing the fire was the lack of access routes for large fire trucks. However, the firefighters managed to install a boom lift, from which they quickly extinguished the fire on an area of ​​20 square meters, and prevented the fire from spreading to the entire building.

“Fortunately, there are no casualties or injuries. The probable cause of the fire is a lightning strike,” the rescuers said.

Almost fifty firefighters were called in to extinguish the fire.

Eyewitnesses to the incident wrote on social networks that a fire broke out in the Holy Iversky Monastery, which belongs to the Odessa Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC MP). People say they saw lightning strike the dome of the church this morning.

People react to the event in different ways – mostly they are glad that there were no casualties, and one user asked: “Is this some kind of sign?”

(C)UNIAN 2024