Damages of 243 buildings have been recorded in Balaklia of the Kharkiv region as a result of a fire that started at night of March 23 with subsequent detonation of ammunition at artillery warehouses of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine located nearby.
“Balaklia. Some 243 buildings have been damaged, including 117 apartment buildings, 87 private houses … 12 social facilities, 22 infrastructure and industry objects have been destroyed. Damage and destruction volumes are being assessed,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Hennadiy Zubko wrote on his Twitter on Mach 26.
He noted that the distribution of construction materials for the primary repair of damaged buildings had already been organized.
Speaking about the elimination of the consequences of emergency situations at ammo depots, Zubko said that teams of pyrotechnics of the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations had already cleared five of the nine sectors of Balaklia, as well as seven other settlements.
“… Demining continues … A total of 820 explosive items have been removed,” he wrote.
The deputy prime minister informed that the works on restoration of power supply and gas supply of the city and the district continued, and two power stations of the State Emergency Service were involved to provide power supply to Yakovenkove.
“Emergency and restorative work is continuing. Some 64 emergency recovery teams were brought in,” Zubko said.
In addition, according to the deputy premier, single explosions of ammunition are observed on the territory of the army arsenal with a frequency of ten explosions per hour.
