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3 dead after children’s camp burns down in Odessa, Ukraine (VIDEOS) 3 children killed, several injured in Odessa leisure camp blaze (VIDEOS)
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At least three people have been killed after a building at a children’s leisure camp in Odessa, Ukraine caught fire and burnt to ashes, local media report. At least three children have been killed and several others injured after one of the dormitories at a children’s sports and leisure camp in Odessa, Ukraine caught fire and burnt to ashes, local media report.
Rescue services working the scene found a body around 3am local time, local news website Dumskaya reports. No details of the victim or the missing have been released, but earlier, it was reported that authorities were searching for three girls who went missing during the fire. A fire at one of the blocks at the Victoria children’s camp on the Black Sea coast started shortly after 11:30pm local time. Some 150 children were on the campus when the fire began. At least forty-two of them were in the dormitory building which caught fire late Friday evening.
According to preliminary information, there were 42 children inside the camp’s block when it caught fire shortly before midnight. Most of the children were safely evacuated. Some of them suffered smoke inhalation, injuries and bruises. Three children were reportedly taken to hospital after they jumped from a window of the burning building. Initial reports indicated that three children were missing. Officials later confirmed the discovery of three bodies, but it's still unclear if these are the bodies of the missing children.
The representative of Odessa’s Dispatch Service, Yevgeny Kavun, said the fire alert came in at 23:37 local time. Emergency teams were quickly dispatched to the scene where they found a three-story wooden building in flames. The fire quickly spread, engulfing an area of roughly 1,000 square meters. “According to preliminary data, three children were killed,” Ruslan Forostyak, an adviser to the head of the National Police in the Odessa region, wrote on Facebook. Earlier reports said one child had died in the flames.
Putting out the fire proved to be difficult as there's no emergency water sources on the territory of the children’s sanatorium. There is a hydrant, but the pressure was weak, Kavun said. There is also a fire reservoir, but access to it was blocked. Firefighters found a water supply some 1,200 meters from the campus. According to eyewitness reports, children were awoken by the smoke in the building. The teachers rushed to get the children to safety. However, despite a well-organized effort, some of them reportedly suffered smoke inhalation, injuries, and bruises. Several children were reportedly taken to hospital after they jumped from a window of the burning building.
Rescuers are currently hosing down the neighboring cottages. Eyewitnesses say the heat is so intense that the balconies of nearby dormitories have begun to melt while the glass shattered. The representative of Odessa’s Dispatch Service, Yevgeny Kavun, said the fire alert came in at 23:37 local time. Emergency teams were quickly dispatched to the scene where they found a three-story wooden building in flames. The fire spread rapidly, engulfing an area of roughly 1,000 square meters.
Putting out the fire proved to be difficult as there are no emergency water sources on the territory of the children’s sanatorium. There is a hydrant, but the pressure was weak and access to a fire reservoir was blocked, Kavun said. Firefighters found a water supply some 1,200 meters from the campus.
It took firefighters over two hours to quash the flames of the completely burned down structure that was also threatening nearby wooden cottages. Fire crews had to hose down the neighboring dorms due to the extreme heat. Eyewitnesses said the heat was so intense that the balconies of nearby buildings begun to melt while the glass shattered.
The Victoria camp comprises a number of buildings spread across 2.75 hectares on the Black Sea coast. The camp houses orphans and children who have been deprived of parental care, veterans’ children, as well as “talented and gifted children.” Victoria’s website boasts of its facilities, including retrofitted bedrooms as well as “newly built wooden buildings and a summer theater.”The Victoria camp comprises a number of buildings spread across 2.75 hectares on the Black Sea coast. The camp houses orphans and children who have been deprived of parental care, veterans’ children, as well as “talented and gifted children.” Victoria’s website boasts of its facilities, including retrofitted bedrooms as well as “newly built wooden buildings and a summer theater.”