"My house is on fire"
.
The desperate cry comes from the voice of a woman from the balcony of her apartment, in the heart of
Lanús
.
She was directed at another neighbor, while her partner
was hanging leaning on the air conditioning
trying to get out of the smoke source.
Fortunately, both were able to be rescued.
The dramatic episode occurred around 9:00 p.m. this Wednesday.
For reasons that are the subject of investigation, apartment B on the sixth floor of a building located
at 1500 Margarita Weild
was engulfed in flames.
There lived a couple.
A neighbor from an adjoining building filmed the exact moment when the man dressed in a T-shirt and boxer went down one side of the balcony and ended up standing on the air conditioning of the apartment below.
"Don't stop, get into the crazy balcony
," he yelled at her.
The moment when the young man escapes through the balcony.
Three crews from the Lanús Volunteer Firefighters arrived at the scene and rescued the couple, after quickly putting out the fire.
They are investigating whether it was caused by an
electrical fault
.
SAME personnel treated the victims and transferred them due to
carbon monoxide inhalation
to the Narciso Lopez Hospital in Lanús Este, reported the
Diario Conurbano
portal .
In addition, Civil Defense reported that the property suffered damage to the masonry.
The municipal areas of Private Works and Critical Assistance also worked at the site.
Another fire in Santos Lugares
Moments of panic were experienced on Monday evening in
Santos Lugares
, when a gas leak caused a strong explosion and the subsequent fire in at least one house and nearby commercial premises.
Thirteen people were affected by this episode, while at least 40 residents of the area had to be evacuated.
According to municipal sources, the explosion occurred in
Williams and South America
of the town located to the west of the Buenos Aires suburbs "affected several houses on the block and surroundings."
In addition, they indicated that "the Firefighters controlled the situation and together with Civil Defense personnel evacuated the affected families."
A policeman, two firefighters and three civilians were injured, who were preventively transferred to district hospitals.
In addition, three firefighters, a neighbor and three workers were assisted at the scene of the events, who did not suffer serious consequences.
Among the neighbors, the version circulated that the gas leak derived from
an excavation
that was being carried out on the street while they were doing patching tasks.
"For me they punctured a pipe," a neighbor of the place slipped, in dialogue with
TN
.
This theory was supported by another man who lives in the area and who commented that his house, located about 150 meters from the explosion, suffered a broken glass window.
"It is seen that the loss was from the afternoon," he added.
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