On March 31, at around one in the morning, a fire broke out in the premises of the theological seminary of the Volyn Eparchy of the Kyiv Patriarchate, in the regional center of Volyn, reports the Central State Fire Safety Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region. When the seminarians, who had been woken by the duty officer, came outside, the fire had already engulfed the roof of the wooden academic building and the second floor of the building. After the fire was reported, at around two in the morning, the duty dispatcher announced the highest complexity level of the fire. Vehicles from all fire and rescue units of Lutsk went to the city center. They were joined by rescuers from Torchyn, Kivertsi and Rozhyshche and duty crews from the Lutsk automobile plant, the cardboard and roofing felt plant and the silk combine. The seminarians, organized by the senior inspector for educational affairs of the theological seminary, Father Mykhailo, carried valuables out of the classrooms and residential rooms, and first of all saved the icons. By about six in the morning the fire was completely extinguished. Half of the building, several classrooms, the computer room, the library, and the icons were saved. No one was injured. The fire destroyed the roof and damaged 40% of the ceiling over the academic and dormitory buildings. A special commission was immediately created to establish the circumstances and causes of the fire. After conversations with the seminarians who were staying overnight in the dormitory and an inspection of the electrical and heating networks, it was established that the fire originated under the roof of the academic building. The final amount of damage and the causes of the fire will be established later. An investigation is currently ongoing.