MDA staff who were called to the scene of the fire, located a 60-year-old man with no signs of life - and determined his death • The occupants of the building were rescued by firefighters • Police opened an investigation
One person was killed in a fire that broke out in a building on Rabbi Nissenbaum Street in the capital
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Oren Ben Hakon - Archive
A 60-year-old man perished in a fire that broke out last night (Thursday) in a residential building on Rabbi Nissenbaum Street in Jerusalem.
MDA said that paramedics and paramedics who were called to the scene located the man, with no signs of life, and were forced to determine his death. Firefighters and rescue forces began firefighting and rescued the building's occupants. Police opened an investigation.
"When we arrived, we saw thick smoke," said MDA paramedic Idit Zehavi. In addition, we conducted medical tests on a number of tenants who inhaled smoke. "