State Emergency Service: Fire at Zaporizhzhia NPP extinguished, no casualties reported

State Emergency Service: Fire at Zaporizhzhia NPP extinguished, no casualties reported

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The fire in the building of the training center at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the town of Enerhodar has been extinguished, with no casualties reported.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"At 06:20, the fire in the building of the training center at the Zaporizhzhia NPP in Enerhodar has been extinguished. There are no casualties," the statement reads.

In the early hours of Friday, a fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia NPP as a result of heavy weapons shelling by the Russian army. One shell hit the first power unit. Zaporizhzhia NPP said that Chechen fighters broke into the territory of the plant and wanted to lay mines at the plant.

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