--- title: "Attack on Khmelnytskyi: Secondary Detonation After Strike on Market Injured Four Rescuers" description: "On the evening of September 9, Russia attacked Khmelnytskyi. After debris from a downed target fell on a market, a fire broke out, and during the deployment of SESU forces a secondary detonation occurred — four rescuers were injured." date: 2026-09-09T23:08:11.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/khmelnytskyi-secondary-detonation-four-rescuers-injured tags: [khmelnytskyi, russia-attack, secondary-detonation, rescuers-injured, fire, air-defense] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Attack on Khmelnytskyi: Secondary Detonation After Strike on Market Injured Four Rescuers ![DSNS rescue workers at the fire scene after the Khmelnytskyi attack and secondary explosion at the market](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/10/hmelnitskij-povtornaya-detonatsiya-raneny-chetyre-spasateli/hmelnitskij-povtornaya-detonatsiya-raneny-chetyre-spasateli-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - On the evening of September 9, Russia attacked Khmelnytskyi; after an aerial target was shot down by air defense, debris fell on a market and a fire broke out. - During the deployment of SESU forces, a secondary detonation occurred, as a result of which four rescuers were injured and hospitalized. - The fire at the market was extinguished; the incident became part of a series of strikes on Khmelnytskyi Oblast in early September 2026. On Wednesday evening, September 9, Russian forces struck Khmelnytskyi. According to reports citing Serhiy Tyurin, head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Military Administration, and the channel of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU), debris from an aerial target shot down by air defense systems fell on the city, triggering a fire at one of the local markets. This is reported by RBC-Ukraine. The situation was complicated by the fact that, already during the deployment of SESU personnel and equipment to the scene, a secondary detonation was recorded, resulting in injuries to several people. ### Course of the Attack and Consequences for the City According to statements by local authorities, the initial incident was linked to the operation of air defense systems: the downed aerial target and its debris fell within the city limits, sparking a fire at the market. Information about the fire and the falling debris became known in the evening hours of September 9, however, official bodies promptly confirmed only the fact of the secondary explosion and the associated casualties among the personnel of the rescue services. ### Secondary Detonation and Injured Rescuers As summarized by the SESU, a secondary detonation occurred at the scene during the deployment of personnel and equipment. As a result of the explosion, four rescuers were injured; all of them were hospitalized with injuries of varying severity. Emergency services also reported that the fire at the market was extinguished. Thus, the main toll of the incident was borne not by civilians, but by the personnel working directly at the emergency site. ### Context: Series of Strikes on Khmelnytskyi Oblast The September 9 incident became part of an ongoing series of attacks on the region. Thus, on September 5, the Russians also struck Khmelnytskyi: as a result, a multi-story residential building and parked cars nearby were damaged, and the territories of several enterprises were also destroyed. On the night of September 3, the entire Khmelnytskyi Oblast came under attack — due to shelling, a fire broke out at the warehouse of one of the enterprises, and one person was injured. In addition, on September 2, Khmelnytskyi district was hit by drones, where a warehouse and a truck caught fire. ### Operational Response and Fire Extinguishment According to SESU information, after the secondary detonation and the stabilization of the situation, the firefighters fully extinguished the fire at the market. The four injured rescuers were handed over to medical personnel and transported to a medical facility. Officials do not report any deaths as a result of the incident, limiting themselves to data on injuries of varying severity among the personnel of the rescue services. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Secondary detonation occurred in Khmelnytskyi after Russian attack: 4 rescuers injured](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/hmelnitskomu-pislya-ataki-rf-stalasya-povtorna-1788994811.html) - Основной источник: атака 9 сентября, падение обломков, пожар на рынке, повторная детонация, 4 травмированных спасателя. - [Secondary detonation occurred in Khmelnytskyi](https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/4910499-v-khmelnytskom-proyzoshla-povtornaia-detonatsyia) - Подтверждает факт повторной детонации в Хмельницком после атаки. - [Rescuers fighting the fire after the attack were injured in Khmelnytskyi due to a secondary detonation](https://ru.slovoidilo.ua/2026/09/10/novost/bezopasnost/xmelniczkom-povtornoj-detonacii-postradali-spasateli-tushivshie-pozhar-posle-ataki) - Уточняет, что пострадавшие — спасатели, работавшие на месте пожара после атаки. - [Russia attacked Khmelnytskyi with drones: rescuers injured as a result of a secondary detonation ...](https://war.obozrevatel.com/rossiya-atakovala-hmelnitskij-dronami-vsledstvie-povtornoj-detonatsii-postradali-spasateli-foto-i-video.htm) - Подтверждает атаку и пострадавших спасателей вследствие повторной детонации. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What happened in Khmelnytskyi on the evening of September 9, 2026? **A:** Russia attacked the city. After an aerial target was shot down by air defense systems, debris fell on the territory of one of the markets and a fire broke out. ### Q: Who was injured as a result of the secondary detonation? **A:** During the deployment of SESU forces, a secondary detonation occurred, as a result of which four rescuers were injured and hospitalized with injuries of varying severity. ### Q: Has the fire been extinguished? **A:** Yes, according to SESU data, the fire at the market was extinguished.