Fire breaks out at Eastern Europe's largest trade center in Kharkiv – emergencies service

Trade pavilions on the territory of the Barabashovo Trade Center near the Novy Vik (New Age) hypermarket in Kharkiv caught fire on Saturday morning.

"The report about the fire at the Barabashovo shopping center arrived at 09:20. The area of the fire at this point (at around 11:40) is more than 2,000 square meters. Twenty units of fire-fighting equipment and 80 people are involved in extinguishing the fire. No one has turned for medical assistance," Assistant Chief of the Emergencies Service branch in Kharkiv region, Ihor Lupandyn told Interfax-Ukraine.

Barabashovo shopping mall is the largest wholesale and retail trade center in Eastern Europe. It has an area of more than 75 hectares and houses over 18,000 of trading places and warehouses.