{"id":1433452,"date":"2026-08-28T22:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/a-powerful-explosion-occurred-near-kyiv-a-fire-broke-out-near-the-zhytomyr-highway\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T22:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:16:59","slug":"a-powerful-explosion-occurred-near-kyiv-a-fire-broke-out-near-the-zhytomyr-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/a-powerful-explosion-occurred-near-kyiv-a-fire-broke-out-near-the-zhytomyr-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"A powerful explosion occurred near Kyiv: a fire broke out near the Zhytomyr highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In the evening, a powerful explosion occurred near the Zhytomyr highway in the Kyiv region, after which a large-scale fire broke out. Due to the fire, traffic on the M-06 Kyiv &#8211; Chop highway section from the 15th to the 32nd kilometer was blocked in both directions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/uniannet\/199727\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">UNIAN<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Eyewitnesses are posting videos and photos from the scene on social media, showing intense flames and a thick column of smoke rising from the scene of the fire. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?24\" data-telegram-post=\"lachentyt\/67051\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> The information about the causes of the explosion has not yet been officially confirmed. It is noted that the assumptions spread online about a possible hit or fall of a drone have not been officially confirmed.<\/p>\n<p> There is also currently no official data on the extent of the damage and the number of possible victims. Law enforcement agencies and rescue services have not commented on the situation. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?24\" data-telegram-post=\"Tsaplienko\/98022\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> Due to the fire, traffic on the section from the 15th to the 32nd kilometer of the M-06 Kyiv &#8211; Chop highway is completely blocked in both directions. Drivers are urged to take this into account when planning their route and use alternative routes. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?24\" data-telegram-post=\"lachentyt\/67057\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the evening, a powerful explosion occurred near the Zhytomyr highway in the Kyiv region, after which a large-scale fire broke out. Due to the fire, traffic on the M-06 Kyiv &#8211; Chop highway section from the 15th to the 32nd kilometer was blocked in both directions. This is reported by UNIAN . Eyewitnesses are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1433446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1433452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1433446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}