Drone hits dormitory in Dnipro: entire fifth floor catches fire, students managed to take cover

On the evening of October 29, a Russian drone hit a dormitory building at the 17th Vocational School (PTU) in Dnipro. According to city authorities, the incident occurred around 6:00 PM, after which a fire started on the top floor. This was reported by Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov on Facebook and the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration (OVA), Oleksandr Hanzha, on Telegram.

Attack progress and scale of the fire

According to the mayor, the drone strike caused the fire to engulf the entire fifth floor of the building. Oleksandr Hanzha clarified that several rooms on the top floor of the dormitory had caught fire due to the drone attack. At the time of publication, no official statements had been made regarding the spread of the fire to adjacent floors or the roof.

Student condition and evacuation

The mayor emphasized that the students who were in the building managed to descend to a shelter. "Children, thank God, managed to get down to a shelter. There was not a single soldier there," Filatov stated. Thus, according to available data, the dormitory was being used for civilian purposes at the time of the strike, and there were no military personnel among those inside. No official information regarding casualties from this specific incident was provided at the time of publication.

Context: series of strikes on Dnipro on October 29

The strike on the dormitory was part of a series of attacks on Dnipro on the same day. Previously, according to RBC-Ukraine, an attack on the Dnipro railway station resulted in the deaths and injuries of civilian passengers who were near trains, despite evacuation calls. According to the latest reports, 14 people were killed and another 14 received injuries of varying severity as a result of a drone strike on a civilian electric train at the station.

What is known so far

At the time of writing, city authorities have confirmed the strike on the dormitory and the fire on the fifth floor, as well as the fact that students managed to take cover. Details regarding the causes of the fire, potential damage to structural supports, and further steps to mitigate the consequences of the fire are being clarified. The publication continues to monitor the situation and update information as official statements are received.