The Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Dolj announced on Thursday evening that it is likely fire in the Kraiovica area, which affected dozens of houseswas caused by “open fire in enclosed spaces”. Experts suspect that someone left the flame unattended in the house, and then the fire spread quickly, News.ro reports.

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“The probable cause of the fire is an open fire in closed premises,” the Dolj Emergency Situations Inspectorate reported after the completion of operative search measures.

A film about the intervention of firefighters

Emergency Inspectorate Dolj reported that on Thursday morning, a 112 call was received about a fire in the attic of an apartment building in the Kraiovica neighborhood of Craiova, two work trucks with water and foam and a first aid team were sent to the scene.

“The first operational teams of the fire department, in the area of ​​which the place specified by the caller was on duty, arrived at the scene at 8:20 a.m., and after reconnaissance, tankers were brought in to provide and foam, work. – at height, evacuation vehicles and SMURD crews.

The residents of the building (about 80 people) evacuated themselves before the arrival of operational teams, and firefighters arrived at the scene and started search and rescue operations for possible people who were in the apartments, evacuated four people, two of them were found stuck in – the elevator”, – also specified ISU Dolj.

“To localize and extinguish the fire, 9 working cars with water and foam, three working cars at height, an evacuation car, ambulances, as well as operational support cars were involved. At the same time, ISU Olt supported intervention operations with a work truck at height, but also provided a work truck with water and foam, which took over the responsibilities in the area of ​​responsibility of the ISU Dolj units, which operated with all their own forces at the scene of the fire.” – also noted ISU Dolj.

A man with burns to his hands and respiratory tract

The source said six people who suffered panic attacks were treated at the scene but refused to be taken to hospital. The SMURD team took the man, who suffered burns to his hands and respiratory tract, to the Emergency Clinical Hospital of Craiova.

As a result of the fire, the houses located in the attic of the building burned down, but the apartments on the lower floors of the building were also damaged.

We remind you that the tenants were dissatisfied with the way the intervention of the firemen, who arrived without a ladder or with broken hoses, took place, and the intervention was complicated by the fact that there was no pressure on the hydrants.

In addition, the approach of fire engines was difficult due to narrow streets, parked cars and a concrete fence that surrounds the private area, not being able to intervene with water from all sides of the block.