The Alzheimer’s center was on fire in Roztoky near Prague. Over 50 people are injured
Firefighters evacuated seniors from the burning building by ladders. At 20:30, 56 clients were rescued. Firefighters then continued to search the building.
Firefighters have declared the highest level of alarm. Almost 100 firefighters are fighting the fire, they do not have it under control yet.
According to Tereza Fliegerová, a spokeswoman for the regional fire brigade, the building was completely hit by the fire, and it was no longer possible to get inside. According to Nováková, the staff left the building before the arrival of rescuers.
Firefighters first declared a second level of alarm, later raising it to the third of four possible. The mayor of Roztoky, Jan Jakob (TOP 09), called the Alzheimer’s center fire a huge disaster. He believes that all clients are already out. According to him, exhaust fumes were everywhere.
Nováková stated that an evacuation bus of Central Bohemian firefighters arrived at the site, which transported clients to the surrounding centers. Police closed all adjacent streets and allowed passage only to Integrated Rescue System vehicles.
The Prague paramedics sent a Fenix rescue special, a rescue crew and an air raid group to their colleagues from the Central Bohemian Region, which is returning to the base. “No patient required air transport,” the Prague rescue service said on Twitter. “Prague Phoenix takes 12 people. All slightly injured, “added the Central Bohemian rescue service.
“I watch the fire in horror at the Alzheimer’s Center in Roztoky near Prague and I immediately began to address how Prague can. We have 18 vacancies in Prague facilities and our councilor for social affairs, Milena Johnová, has already offered them to the Central Bohemian Region. It may happen that for many families of patients from Roztoky it will be easier to visit their loved ones in Prague than, for example, in some more remote part of the region, “added the mayor of Prague 7.
The Roztoky Alzheimer’s Center has a capacity of 60 beds. In addition to a home with a special regime, it also provides day hospital services. The operator is the Domov Alzheimer group, which operates similar facilities in Most, Přerov and Lázně Darkov in the Karviná region.