In the UOC told about the possible cause of the fire on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

"According to the information of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra leadership, the incident is connected with the fact that a man entered the attic of the building," TASS quoted him as saying.

The priest added that perhaps we are talking about a person with no fixed abode.

On the evening of January 14, a fire broke out on the territory of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra Museum-Reserve. Later the fire was extinguished.