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Caledonia burns. After the fires in the sports complex “Victoria” in a psychiatric hospital and the hotel “Tokyo Star”, it seems that local authorities were not lessons learned. And lit up again.

The fire started on the campus on the third floor of 6-storied academic building / photo UNIAN

In Odessa – the next major fire. After the tragedies in the sports complex “Victoria” in a psychiatric hospital and the hotel “Tokyo star” flashed again. In the historical centre, on crossing of Pushkinskaya street and troickaya street in the architectural monument of state importance Tenement building of Ciragan Asvadurov.

In the huge corner building housed 19 institutions – Odessa College of Economics, law and hotel and restaurant business, the Institute of marine biology, NAS of Ukraine and the Odessa Department of the Institute of archaeology of NAS of Ukraine division of Physical-chemistry Institute. Bogatsky, offices, private entities, etc.

The fire started on the campus on the third floor of 6-storied academic building, at the beginning of the eleventh morning of December 4. In the huge building were hundreds of people, most managed to escape, but some remained inside. The students, being trapped in a fire on the fifth floor, jumped down, fell on parked cars, farm outbuildings and… rescuers raised specilize…

Happening shocked. The menacing crackling of burning designs merged with people screaming and sirens, the heavy column of black smoke was visible from different districts of Odessa. Due to the overlap of streets disrupted the scheme of movement of transport – three trolleybus route stayed the same has significantly reduced the path, changed routes, and passenger buses. City bound traffic…

Fearing further spread of the fire, the townspeople left the surrounding houses. Because of the acrid smoke, the management of the Department of education and science of the Odessa city Council ordered to urgently evacuate children from nearby schools, in particular school No. 39.

Near the flames of the building, a crowd gathered. Between panic-stricken victims and onlookers scurried pickpockets – according to eyewitnesses, in the act “took” a young man who tried to steal someone else’s mobile phone… Children and adults called family and each other, trying to figure out who came out of the fire, and who is not…

Hospitals – students and rescuers

In the Odessa city hall reported that, according to the morning of December 5, in hospitals there are 29 victims. Of these, six of the rescuers. The others – College students, the youngest – born in 2004. In the regional children’s clinical hospital eight people, four in children’s hospital №3, six people – city clinical hospital №1, according to three city hospitals №№11 and 10, five – in clinic at the medical University.

“As of Thursday morning, all patients without deterioration,” – said the press Secretary of the city Council Natalia Maltseva.

At the same time, in the Odessa regional state administration reported that all victims – inhabitants of the region. Odessa – 18 people, five of Belyaevsky district, two from the Razdelnyansky, one – from Belgorod-Dniester, Tarutino, Lyubashevsky and the Ivanovo region.


After a fire in hospitals are 29 casualties / photos of the Duma

“The ambulance directly from the scene to medical facilities was delivered to 15 people. Three more were brought in later from the house, the rest went to the hospital on their own. The victims suffered burns of varying severity and localization, the poisoning with products of burning, fractures, other injuries…”, – told in yeah.

Currently, of the 29 injured, four (two teenagers and two adults) were in a critical condition, one of which is employee SSES – in the heaviest. In a state of moderate severity 22 people, two sent to outpatient treatment.

The people from the burning building called the family and said goodbye

During yesterday’s chaos was a mix-up. So, the authorities announced the death of the College teacher – Anna Borodyuk, 1976. The Department of communications with mass media of the Ministry of education and science of Ukraine managed to Express my condolences, but… the body wasn’t identified spouse. Later it turned out that the woman is in a hospital, a burn victim – 16-year-old female College student Ksenia Babenko from Kiliya district of Odessa region. The girl was taken from the place of incident in Odessa city clinical hospital No. 1, where she died from injuries incompatible with life.

According to the head physician of this medical institution Evgenia Grigorieva, the victim, trying to escape from fire, jumped out of the window of the 5th floor. Thus, managed to escape a few children, but Xenia is not lucky…

“She was in serious condition,” – said Grigoriev.

As of the morning of 5 December, this girl is one (officially) who died during the fire. But many people were in the building, I can’t find – they don’t get in touch with and not delivered in the hospital.

According to police, missing more than a dozen. Among them three employees of the accounting Department of the College and several students.


According to police, missing after a fire more than a dozen photo / Duma

Only in College during the fire there were approximately 200 people: 172 students and 38 employees.

So, while the whereabouts of the Director of the Institute of marine biology – a member-correspondent of the NAS of Ukraine Boris Alexandrov and his Secretary Galina Ivanovic. As told the head of the regional Central Directorate of national police Oleg Bech, I. called and asked for help, said the Professor fell to the floor and lost consciousness…

It is also unknown what happened to the sophomores Julia Markina and Cyril Trofimchuka (both born in 2003). The young man was contacted by the mother on Wednesday, 10.23: said choking from the smoke and said goodbye to her. Student Kate Panoshkina, born in 2003, which is also considered missing, was in the classroom on the fourth floor. 10:12 she phoned my father that in College the fire and remained in the accounting Department with Julia Markina and two accountants companies.

According to official information, missing Natalia Tarasova, 1959, laboratory Elena Bezhenar, born in 1995 and Ludmila Chugunny, born in 2001. Accountant Faith Kadyshevsky and Irina Pepper (she had to say goodbye on the phone with her husband).

Find, and the guy who was not a student but was able to go inside the building.

Who is to blame?

As noted by the head of the regional Central Board gschs Victor Fedorchak, burning the building’s 1914 construction. Its walls are stone, floors – wooden roof combined metal and slate.

According to Fedorchak, rescue workers quickly arrived on the scene, but the fire has already covered 700 square meters. Then the fire area has increased sixfold. Only to localize the fire took more than four hours, and pouring of the structure was completed Thursday morning. To extinguish the fire were attracted 350 personnel – SES, police, ambulance, municipal services, etc.

According to Fedorchak, a fire occurred in the office (No. 9) the head of the Department of Economics of the specified educational institution. It is assumed that the cause of the fire – emergency operation of electrical equipment. The police say that the source of smoke in the area of the outlet is confirmed by the owner of the office №9.


The fire was complicated by the rapid spread of fire, a large number of the people inside and the permanent destruction of the building / photo of the Duma

According to head of the regional Central Directorate of national police Oleg Beha, considered two versions of the fire: “the Fire was the result of faulty wiring (emergency operation of the electrical equipment, – UNIAN) and arson”. In fact the incident opened criminal proceedings under part 2 of article 270 of the criminal code of Ukraine (violation of established by legislation requirements of fire security).

“There are also questions of time: how, in five minutes, the fire spread to 700 square meters”, – draws the attention of Oleg Bech.

Indeed, rescuers claim that quickly arrived on the scene of an emergency. However, the fire was complicated by the rapid spread of fire, a large number of the people inside and the permanent destruction of the building. In addition, the entrance of the machinery prevented parked near the building of private cars.

In turn, the College asserts that the fire was reported to emergency services immediately. Moreover, the beginning of the evacuation of people. However, many students report that actually fire alarms in the building malfunctioned and organized evacuation was not. As a result, those who were on the upper floors were trapped, the fire quickly spread to the fourth and fifth floors.

What’s next?

In the city and region 5-6 December mourning. To Odessa there arrived representatives of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine and Ministry of education… experts to decide how to continue the learning process of children, but recognize that the most important assistance to victims and search for missing.

Dismantling of blockages rescuers have begun today. Local Taskforce helps from Kiev.

Now the monument in poor condition – the roof had collapsed, slab… Experts say, this is one of the last major buildings of Odessa pre-revolutionary (before 1917), amazing (until recently) the quirkiness of art Nouveau and grandiose spirit of the Empire…

According to the Chairman of the Odessa regional state administration Maxim kutsy’s in the process of liquidation of consequences of the fire attracted the experts of the Odessa state Academy of construction and architecture.


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“Previously, they report that the building can be saved, but there is a risk of collapse of walls,” – said the head of RSA.

Also, according to him, rescuers and doctors drew a quick response team of the red cross. “Collect information about the needs of all services and victims”, – said the head of the region.

Yet the city is still not restored, the movement of the trolley. Due to the elimination of the consequences of fire most of the main streets are de-energized, public transport runs on a reduced route. At Trinity and is planning to remove a contact network to facilitate the work of rescuers.

Since yesterday, dozens of people – relatives and friends of missing persons on duty near the burned building. Next to professional psychologists, ready at any moment to help.

The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky urged the Cabinet of Ministers and local authorities during the month details to check the status of fire safety in institutions with mass stay of people – kindergartens, schools, vocational institutions and higher educational institutions, hostels, health institutions and social protection of population state facilities critical transport infrastructure. And also stated the need to audit all officials who give opinions on the state of fire safety of an object subject to negligence, irresponsibility or nedorabotannost in the performance of their official duties.

But what does it mean? Establish whether the perpetrators? To attract a real responsibility?

After the previous fires have serious doubts. The indignation expressed Gleb Egorov – member of the public Commission on investigation of the tragedy in the municipal camp “Victoria”, where during a fire killed three children “After the fire two and a half years, but the perpetrators are still not punished. We were promised investigations, inspections, but for the safety of people so nothing is done. Where is the guarantee that tomorrow or today is not going to happen the next fire?!”.

And it’s hard not to agree.

Larisa Kosova