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Almost 300 people got stuck in elevators in Kharkiv over a week

Almost 300 people got stuck in elevators in Kharkiv over a week

During the week, 298 cases of passengers getting stuck in elevators were recorded in Kharkiv. According to the city council, this mainly happened due to emergency power outages. Experts have restored the operation of 11 elevators.

During the week, 298 cases of passengers getting stuck in elevators were recorded in Kharkiv. This was reported by the Kharkiv City Council.

According to the city council, the main cause of the incidents was emergency power outages. In total, experts from KSP "Kharkivmislift" processed 1,8 thousand applications for repair of elevator equipment and internal building electrical networks.

Currently, there are about 6,7 thousand elevators in buildings owned by the public. Five more elevators were stopped for repair. Power outages in the Kharkiv region are related to Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure.