On Sunday evening, four units from Brno Fire Service responded to a fire in a residential apartment building on Jugoslávská. The fire was reported shortly before 7.30pm. Photo credit: HZS JmK.
Brno, Apr 27 (BD) – Yesterday evening, shortly before 7.30pm, Brno Fire Service received a call about a fire in a four-storey residential apartment building on Jugoslávská. Attending the scene with four units, firefighters found several fires burning at different locations in the basement, and the whole building full of smoke.
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According to Filip Venclovský, spokesman for the South Moravian Fire and Rescue Service: “Firefighting units deployed two water jets and began evacuating people from smoky areas. 22 people were evacuated from the house: 18 using protective masks, and four with the help of high-altitude rescue equipment.”
Six residents were taken to hospital for further treatment, said Barbora Zuchová, spokeswoman for the regional Emergency Rescue Service: “Two people, including a small child, are in a moderate condition, the others mild. They all inhaled smoke, and none of them were contact burnt. They have all been taken to hospital.”
The fire was brought under control at 9:43pm. Jugoslávská was closed to traffic during the intervention. The cause of the fire and the amount of damage are still being investigated.