Police officer gives oxygen mask to pregnant woman while rescuing 7 people trapped in burning house

A house caught fire on Truc Bach Street ( Hanoi ). Police brought out 7 people trapped on the upper floors, including a pregnant woman who was given an oxygen tank by a soldier.

Pregnant woman is taken out of burning house - Photo: AN

At about 4:30 p.m. on November 23, house number 73 Truc Bach street (Truc Bach ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi) caught fire.

Upon discovering the incident, local residents shouted and called the authorities of Truc Bach ward. Local forces then arrived and coordinated with local residents to use portable fire extinguishers to prevent the fire from spreading.

Upon arriving at the scene, the Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue Police Team (Ba Dinh District Police) divided into search and rescue teams and sprayed water to put out the fire.

At that time, smoke was rising high. On the 8th floor and the attic of the house, the police discovered 7 people trapped there. At this time, the victims' mentality showed panic.

Among the victims was a pregnant woman. Firefighters gave up their oxygen masks to assist her and quickly brought her out to safety.

The house on fire was built with 8 floors, 1 attic, each floor area is about ^33m2 .

The initial fire point was determined to be at the corner of the wall of the second floor room. The fire was then controlled, the burned area was small.

The fire caused no human damage, all trapped people were later rescued by police and guided to safety.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/cuu-7-nguoi-ket-trong-can-nha-boc-chay-canh-sat-nhuong-mat-na-duong-khi-cho-co-gai-mang-bau-2024112318300709.htm