Russian drone attack injures 4, sparks big fire in Dnipro

Russian drone attack injures 4, sparks big fire in Dnipro

Pictures and videos posted online showed flames and smoke wafting skyward in the Ukrainian city.

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The attack sparked a large fire in a hotel and restaurant complex and other buildings. (Ukrainian emergency service/AP pic)
KYIV:
A Russian drone attack injured four people and sparked a large fire in a hotel and restaurant complex and other buildings late yesterday in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor said.

Serhiy Lysak, governor of the surrounding Dnipropetrovsk region, said the injured were being treated in hospital.

Firefighters were bringing the blaze under control.

“A large fire has broken out in the restaurant complex,” Lysak wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

“There was also a fire in a multi-storey apartment building and private houses.

Pictures and videos posted online showed flames and large plumes of smoke wafting skyward in the city.

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