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Concrete slab falls on rescuer clearing rubble after Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia: he dies

Zaporizhzhia rescuer killed by concrete slab during rubble clearance

A rescuer was killed while clearing rubble from a building damaged by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia. A concrete slab fell on him.

Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration head Mykhailo Semikin reported this, Censor.NET reports.

Circumstances of his death

"Another tragedy occurred during the clearance of rubble from a building damaged by a Russian strike. A concrete slab fell on a member of the Kobra rescue service who was working at the site. Unfortunately, the rescuer was killed," the statement reads.

Semikin added that "people who risk their lives every day to save others themselves face mortal danger."

Background

On the morning of November 13, Russian forces attacked the Kosmichnyi area of Zaporizhzhia. An industrial facility and a five-story residential building were damaged. One person was killed, and others were injured, including children.

Censor.NET