Six Ukrainian servicemen were killed and eleven injured after a fire broke out at a military camp in Kherson region on Sunday, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported.

A fire broke out in a military camp near the town of Krasny Chaban on February 1, killing six servicemen and injuring eleven," the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported.

The injured servicemen were hospitalized.

The Kherson regional emergency situations service earlier reported that 12 servicemen injured in the blaze had been hospitalized.