On December 25, a fire broke out in the Saint Michael's Church, which was built in 1896 and is an architectural monument of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in the territory of the village of Khrapachi, Belotserkivsky District, Kyiv Region.
Rescuers and law enforcement officers worked at the scene. The fire, which had a scale of more than 300 square meters, could not be extinguished within an hour and a half. According to preliminary data, a short circuit caused the fire. The final causes and circumstances of the event are being established.
Investigators have already started criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 270 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which concerns the violation of fire or man-made safety requirements. The investigation is conducted taking into account all the circumstances and requires the establishment of the final causes and culprits.
