A man was taken to the hospital following a fire in a residential building in Balti. According to the firefighters, the flames engulfed an apartment on the fourth floor and spread to the balcony of a dwelling on the fifth floor, reports IPN.
Six people, including a minor, were evacuated. Three of them were right in the apartment engulfed in flames and were evacuated through a window, with the help of the intervention ladder. According to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, a 40-year-old man suffered burns and was taken over by a medical team.
Three teams of firefighters and rescuers intervened on the spot, who managed to localize the flames and completely extinguish the fire in approximately half an hour. The cause and circumstances are yet to be determined.
