In the city of Lozovaya, Kharkov region, a fire broke out in an apartment of a nine-story residential building. Four people nearly died in the flames , including one child.
According to the State Emergency Situations Service, the preliminary cause of the fire in the fourth microdistrict is carelessness while smoking .
Rescuers learned that a fire broke out in the apartment on the first floor on the balcony a blanket that began to smoke heavily.
Because of the strong smoke, there was a threat to the health and life of local residents from neighboring apartments. Rescuers began to evacuate people from the house.
They took three people out into the fresh air and saved the life of an 8-year-old boy . The flame flared up on an area of about 2 square meters. m.
The fire was extinguished about an hour after receiving a message to the rescue service.
