“January 21 at 15:03 (16:03 Moscow time) in Kharkov on the street.

Nizhnyaya Giivska, 150B, in a two-story residential building, previously converted into a nursing home, a fire broke out on the second floor.

As of 16:05 (17:05 Moscow time), the bodies of 15 people were found at the site of the fire, five people were injured, "the ministry said in a statement.

The fire area is 100 sq.

m. 28 people and 7 pieces of equipment work at the site.

The incident is classified as a national emergency.