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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Leah Mills

Ukraine firefighters adapt to working in war zone

Emzar, (R), runs a drill with fellow firefighters at their fire station as they wait between calls, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, July 3, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Firefighters in Ukraine used to have the protocols, the experience and the kit to deal with whatever blaze they encountered. When the war with Russia broke out, that all changed.

As high rise apartment blocks were struck and neighbourhoods were shelled, they had to work out which of the multiple burning homes to prioritise, who to rescue first, and how then to tackle a factory fire kilometres away at the same time.

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