The Kyiv police are investigating the fire at the Cosmopolitan shopping centre. Surveillance cameras showed that the arson was committed by a seven-year-old boy who was a guest of the mall.
A 7-year-old boy set fire to a mall in Kyiv
The January 13 fire in Kyiv's Cosmopolit mall, which injured three people, was caused by deliberate arson committed by a 7-year-old boy.
The Kyiv Police reported this on its Facebook page.
The police said the information about the fire in the game room of the shopping and entertainment complex of the Solomyanskyi capital district came to the police on the evening of January 13. Police teams, emergency services and medics worked on the spot. The visitors of the shopping center were evacuated in time, the citizens did not receive any serious injuries or damage.
During the inspection of the scene and the processing of video from the internal surveillance cameras, the police in cooperation with the security service of the mall established that the fire was caused by deliberate arson committed by a 7-year-old boy, a visitor to the amusement park.
The parents and the child are invited to the Solomyansk police department to give evidence. According to the specified fact, the investigators are conducting the criminal proceedings initiated under Chapter 2 of Article 194 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - intentional destruction or property damage.
The fire in the shopping centre of Kyiv has been extinguished
In Kyiv, rescuers have entirely extinguished the "Cosmopolit" shopping centre fire. Three people got injured in this accident
This was announced by Kyiv's mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, on his Telegram channel.
The fire was extinguished in the "Cosmopolit" shopping center, where the fire broke out on the 4th floor of the building. Emergency services continue to work on the spot, he said.
According to him, about 200 people were evacuated from the building.
Three victims of the fire in the "Cosmopolit" shopping center have so far turned to doctors. A woman and a man who work there, and an 8-year-old girl who was in the shopping center. All with complaints of poisoning by combustion products, he said.
The mayor noted that medics helped them on the spot. The victims refused hospitalization.
The State Emergency Service announced that the fire was extinguished entirely in 50 square meters.
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