Fire Erupts in Niš Residential Building, One Fatality Reported
Residents trapped as blaze spreads through basement of Branka Krmšanovića 47 near Saint Sava Park.
NIŠ – A significant fire broke out today at approximately 11:30 AM in a residential building located at 47 Branka Krmšanovića Street, near the Byzantine Boulevard and the edge of Saint Sava Park.
The fire reportedly started in one of the basements for reasons that remain unknown and quickly extended to all basement areas, causing thick smoke to billow up through the stairwell towards upper floors and the roof.
Several residents were trapped in their apartments as firefighters were en route.
According to the Information Service of the Ministry of the Interior's Police Administration in Niš, the emergency response sector received the call about the fire shortly after 11:30 AM. Within approximately seven to eight minutes, 15 firefighters arrived at the scene with three vehicles, later supplemented by six additional fire engines.
The fire was swiftly extinguished during this intervention, preventing its spread from the basement to the apartments.
However, due to the rapidly expanding thick smoke ascending through the staircase, a rescue operation was initiated to evacuate the trapped residents.
Firefighters employed all available vehicles and equipment to assist with the evacuation of residents via the terraces.
Tragically, one elderly resident of the building lost their life in the incident.
It has not yet been determined whether the individual perished in the fire before the firefighters arrived or succumbed to smoke inhalation.
During the rescue operation, which lasted over one hour, one member of the fire and rescue service sustained minor injuries and received assistance from the Emergency Medical Institute outside the building.
He was subsequently transported to the Emergency Center at the Clinical Centre in Niš, where he was examined and later discharged.
Unofficial accounts suggest that the fire may have originated due to faulty electrical installations in the basement and subterranean levels of the residential building.
The fire reportedly started in one of the basements for reasons that remain unknown and quickly extended to all basement areas, causing thick smoke to billow up through the stairwell towards upper floors and the roof.
Several residents were trapped in their apartments as firefighters were en route.
According to the Information Service of the Ministry of the Interior's Police Administration in Niš, the emergency response sector received the call about the fire shortly after 11:30 AM. Within approximately seven to eight minutes, 15 firefighters arrived at the scene with three vehicles, later supplemented by six additional fire engines.
The fire was swiftly extinguished during this intervention, preventing its spread from the basement to the apartments.
However, due to the rapidly expanding thick smoke ascending through the staircase, a rescue operation was initiated to evacuate the trapped residents.
Firefighters employed all available vehicles and equipment to assist with the evacuation of residents via the terraces.
Tragically, one elderly resident of the building lost their life in the incident.
It has not yet been determined whether the individual perished in the fire before the firefighters arrived or succumbed to smoke inhalation.
During the rescue operation, which lasted over one hour, one member of the fire and rescue service sustained minor injuries and received assistance from the Emergency Medical Institute outside the building.
He was subsequently transported to the Emergency Center at the Clinical Centre in Niš, where he was examined and later discharged.
Unofficial accounts suggest that the fire may have originated due to faulty electrical installations in the basement and subterranean levels of the residential building.
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