Scania May 24, 2016 07:22
An elderly man was taken to hospital with smoke inhalation after a massive apartment fire on Copenhagen Road in Malmo. A neighbor began extinguishing the garden hose.
Rescue services, police and ambulance services were alerted to the fire at 02:30 on the night of Tuesday. When they arrived, the smoke-filled courtyard and a large fire raged in an apartment on the ground floor. A nearby resident had started extinguishing with a garden hose.
An elderly man had taken out of the burning home and anträffades in the garden outside. The man was taken by ambulance to sjukhus.- He should have been lighter smoke damage, says Michael Lind, duty officer in the police region Syd.En woman who lives diagonally above the burning apartment could not get down when flames blocked her escape route.
When the smoke divers had entered the land the apartment they had to quickly control the fire and the woman then led down the stairs by other rescue personnel. She was checked by paramedics but did not need to be taken to hospital.
According to the rescue services limited fire damage to the victim apartment but some smoke spread occurred to adjacent apartments. A fan came on to ventilate the property.It is unclear how the fire started.
– We will cordon off for a technical investigation, says Mikael Lind.Brandkåren had cars from stations Centre, Hyllie and Jägersro the fire .
– There was an obvious risk of the spread when we arrived, said internal command Mats Nilsson at the emergency syd.Men when the fighting had therefore already begun by local residents.
– Have you alerted and satisfied that we are on the road so it’s not wrong, says Mats Nilsson.
How common is it that individuals themselves are starting to put out?
– It’s really hard to answer. There is nothing we note. But many times made it simple and important steps before we arrive. Like turning a door or meet up with the fire department. There are things that most people can do.
What to consider when starting to extinguish a developed residential fire?
– There I do not give advice. The most important thing is that you do not expose themselves to fara.Till half past four on Tuesday morning was carried out after quenching. Fire place is cordoned off and police will investigate the cause of fire. Initially, the police have headlined the case as second-degree assault. The fire is not suspected of arson.
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