Explosions occur near Ivano-Frankivsk railway station: fatalities reported
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Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:03:51 +0200
People are reported to have been injured and killed following explosions near a railway station in the city of IvanoFrankivsk in Ukraines west on the evening of 11 March.
Source Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne Ukrainian Railways Ukrzaliznytsia Halka, an IvanoFrankivsk local news outlet Svitlana Onyshchuk, Head of IvanoFrankivsk Oblast Military Administratio Quote There has been an explosion near a railway station in IvanoFrankivsk.
Police and emergency workers are at the scene.
Details Ukrzaliznytsia said the explosions in IvanoFrankivsk had happened outside the railway station.
The explosion could be heard at the station, but no passengers or staff were injured.
Trains are running on schedule.
Local media outlet Halka reports that the explosions are believed to have occurred under and inside an apartment block.
A man in the street was killed.
Another man has lost both legs and doctors are battling to save his life.
Update Onyshchuk said there were several explosions.
Casualties have been reported.
One of the explosions caused a fire to break out on the roof of an apartment block which is being extinguished by firefighters.
Suspilne later reported, citing the police, that three people had been injured in two explosions in IvanoFrankivsk.
The citys mayor has confirmed that there were fatalities near the railway station as a result of the explosions, with explosives presumed to have been involved.
Another explosion occurred in a nearby apartment, causing a fire to break out.
Later, emergency workers provided further details, saying that an unidentified object had exploded near a residential building on Pryvokzalna Street in IvanoFrankivsk on the evening of 11 March.
One person has reportedly been killed and three others injured.
Emergency workers took those injured in the incident to ambulances.
Shortly afterwards, a fire covering an area of 400 sq m broke out on the roof of a ninestorey apartment block on Zaliznychna Street.
Early reports suggest the fire was caused by an explosion on the attic floor.
Emergency workers evacuated 15 residents from this section of the building and four people were rescued.
The fire has since been extinguished.
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