In the Irkutsk region, a fire broke out at night in a one room apartment on the fourth floor, causing heavy smoke to spread over two floors. Firefighters rescued 25 people, including two children, and evacuated people using an aerial ladder. A woman poisoned by carbon monoxide was found in one apartment. The fire was quickly extinguished, and careless handling of fire is cited as the preliminary cause.
The report of the fire was received at the city fire department dispatch center at 02:05. The following were dispatched to the fire scene: 7 personnel, 2 fire tankers, 1 aerial ladder from Fire Station No. 7, and 7 personnel, 2 fire tankers from Fire Station No. 5.At the time the first unit arrived, smoke was coming from a one-room apartment on the fourth floor, and heavy smoke was observed on the 4th and 5th floors. Firefighters from the gas and smoke protection service rescued 25 people (19 people, including 2 children, were led down the stairways, and 6 people were evacuated using the aerial ladder).
At 02:18, firefighters found a woman born in 1987 in one of the apartments, who had been poisoned by carbon monoxide. The ambulance crew hospitalized the victim in the toxicology department in moderate condition.
The fire was extinguished at 02:20. The time of elimination of the fire consequences was 02:30. As a result of the fire, household belongings were damaged over an area of 12 sq. m. The fire was extinguished with 1 “B” hose line.
The presumed cause of the fire is careless handling of fire. The responsible person and the damage are being determined.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region