A fire broke out at a cemetery in Kharkiv, resulting in casualties.

In Kharkiv today, January 1, a building caught fire on the cemetery grounds. As a result of the incident, two men lost their lives.

This information is reported by RBC-Ukraine referring to the Main Department of the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv Oblast on Facebook.

According to the State Emergency Service, at 19:08, a call was received on "101" reporting a fire in an outbuilding on the cemetery grounds in the Kholodnoyarskyi district of Kharkiv. Two fire service units with tankers were dispatched to the scene.

Photo: firefighters extinguishing the fire at the cemetery in Kharkiv (facebook.com/DSNSKHARKIV)

"Upon the firefighters' arrival, it was determined that a single-story outbuilding was on fire, covering an area of 20 square meters. Unfortunately, as a result of this event, two men died," emergency responders specified.

The fire was localized by 19:40, and it was completely extinguished by 21:52. The preliminary cause is a violation of safety regulations during stove operation.

By the way, today, January 1, a fire broke out at a sanatorium in the village of Vorokhta, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. As a result, rescuers had to evacuate over 100 people.

Fortunately, there were no casualties from the fire at the sanatorium.

Also, this morning, an outbuilding caught fire in the village of Khotiankivka near Kyiv, resulting in the deaths of two individuals.