Rescued without life: 50-year-old perished in a fire in Ramla apartment

Firefighters called for a fire that broke out in a Ramla housing unit rescued a man trapped inside the burning housing unit. After the rescue, medical personnel at the scene had to determine his death. Two young men who assisted forces in the capture were lightly beaten and treated at the scene

Rescued without life: 50-year-old perished in a fire in Ramla apartment

A 50-year-old man was rescued on Saturday from a residential unit of a house where a fire broke out on Tavor Street in Ramla. He was rescued from the housing unit in human condition, and MDA teams had to determine his death. Five fire crews are working to extinguish the fire. Two young men assisting forces in the capture rescue were lightly beaten and treated at the scene.

MDA paramedic Yishai Rauchberger said: "When we arrived on the scene, we saw thick smoke and fire from a housing unit in a courtyard, told us that a man was probably trapped in the apartment." Unconscious, breathless and pulse-free, after inhaling a lot of smoke. "Rauchberger added that after the troops performed medical examinations," he was without signs of life and we had to determine his death instead. "

On Wednesday, a 50-year-old man was seriously injured and another man in his 40s was moderately injured, following a fire that broke out in a residential building on General Pierre King Street in Jerusalem. MDA crews who arrived at the scene of the evacuation of the wounded, affected by smoke inhalation and burns, went to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in the city.

Two injured, severely and moderately, in a fire in a residential building in Jerusalem

Thick smoke and fire from a housing unit in a yard. The scene of the fire, today (GOP spokesman, Ayalon Regional Station)

A house fire in Ramla. The 50-year-old was trapped in the apartment and died. December 14, 2019 (Photo: Yeshiva spokeswoman, Ayalon Regional Station, official website)

Four fire crews were called in to handle the fire. The fire fighters rescued the two trapped from the building before being evacuated to the hospital. At the same time as trapped rescue operations, fire crews prevented the spread of fire to nearby buildings.

Emergency medicine wearer Nir Marcus and MDA paramedic Nissim Salam said: "We have come to a private home from which thick smoke has been poured. The fire brigade rescued two people from the house. One of them, a man about 50 years old, was unconscious with signs of burns and smoke inhalation, giving him medical treatment that included anesthesia and soul. Another 40-year-old man was conscious and suffering from burns and signs of smoke inhalation, we gave him medical treatment and evacuated both of them urgently to the hospital. "

The scene of the fire, today (GOP spokesman, Ayalon Regional Station)

A house fire in Ramla. The 50-year-old was trapped in the apartment and died. December 14, 2019 (Photo: Yeshiva spokeswoman, Ayalon Regional Station, official website)