An explosion occurred at a motor vehicle enterprise in Kyiv's Holosiivsky district on September 8, killing two people. Search and rescue operations are ongoing to find potential survivors trapped under rubble.
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An explosion occurred on the premises of a motor vehicle enterprise in Kyiv's Holosiivsky district, resulting in two fatalities.
The explosion was man-made in nature, not a gas leak according to Kyivgaz's investigation.
Fires in ecosystems on an area of 1.63 hectares have been extinguished in the Desnianskyi, Darnytskyi, and Obolonskyi districts of Kyiv.
The explosion killed at least two people and partially destroyed the company's two-story building.
The accident was initially reported as caused by a gas leak explosion and not related to any Russian attack.
Local authorities later denied the explosion was caused by a gas leak as the building was not connected to gas infrastructure.
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