People wounded at Zaporizhzhia NPP, no possibility to take them to hospital - Enerhodar mayor

Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov has said that people were wounded at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, but it is not possible to take them to the hospital.

Energoatom said this on Twitter, Ukrinform reports.

"Last night, at around 16:30, an enemy convoy of armored vehicles broke into the city, went straight to the nuclear power plant and started firing at the buildings and structures of the nuclear power plant. It caught fire. There are those wounded ... I have no information about the number of those wounded. About their condition: there are also seriously injured. It is not possible to take them to the hospital," Orlov said.

On the night of Friday, a fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia NPP as a result of shelling by military hardware of the Russian army.

One shell hit the first power unit, Zaporizhzhia NPP spokesman Andriy Tuz said.

Energoatom issued an appeal to the world community warning that the shelling was "a violation of the nuclear and radiation safety of Europe's largest nuclear facility, which could have serious and tragic consequences for the world."

Zaporizhzhia NPP said that Chechen fighters broke into the territory of the plant and want to lay mines at the plant.

Firefighters are not allowed to get to the territory of the plant.