Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov has said that five people were killed in the fire at the oil depot in Vasylkiv district, Kyiv region.
Rescuers of the State Emergency Situations Service demonstrated courage in the fight against the fire and did everything possible to localize it, even at the cost of their lives, as three firefighters were killed while performing their duties, the NSDC press service quoted Turchynov as saying on Thursday.
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