The bathroom caught fire in Židenice. The child and three other people inhaled the fumes
Firefighters evacuated eight people from the apartment building in the afternoon. The fire occurred on the second floor of the house, the exact cause of the fire is still being investigated by investigators. “We used one stream of fire to extinguish. We managed to put out the flames around four in the afternoon. The fire was probably caused by a technical fault, “said Jaroslav Mikoška, a spokesman for the South Moravian fire brigade.
Due to the fire, four people inhaled fumes, two of them intervening police officers. “They were monitored on the spot in ambulance ambulances and then taken to hospital. After examination and oxygen therapy, they were released from the hospital, “said police spokesman Bohumil Malášek.
Rescuers sent three crews and a traffic inspector to the scene. The other patients transported to the hospital were a woman and one child. “We treated a middle-aged woman and a child. Everyone inhaled the combustion products, we checked their health condition, provided them with pre-hospital emergency care and transported them to the Brno Military Hospital and the Children’s Hospital, “said Michaela Bothová, a spokeswoman for the South Moravian rescuers.