Residents just in time woningbrand saved

Mechelen In the Voosdonk in Lift, near Mechelen, in the night of Tuesday on Wednesday burned in a house. The two occupants were overcome by the smoke. They had to be rescued by the fire department and were transported to the hospital.

The fire was made shortly after 3.00 pm sat night. It was the residents themselves who have the fire but just in time had noted.

“The fire is situated at the height of the kitchen,” says captain Michel Michiels of the fire zone Rivierenland. The couple called the emergency services. Who came flocking to the spot. The man was located when the emergency services arrive on the first floor. He tried the house to escape through a klikraam and caught at the arrival of the emergency services to air. They could the man ultimately save at the bottom of the klikraam, a different window piece to store and the victim then evacuate with a ladder.

Balcony

His wife had settled after the outbreak of the fire in safety can bring on a balcony at the rear of the house on the second floor.

“By means of a ladder we were able to also in security,” says the still to the emergency services. Both occupants were overcome by smoke. The man also had other injuries. “They were both taken to the hospital”, the brandweerkapitein further.