Sunday, January 18, 2015

Three jumped out of the burning house – next door may have saved two lives – Aftenposten

Three jumped out of the burning house – next door may have saved two lives – Aftenposten

A woman in 60s are admitted to hospital in Vestfold with serious injuries after the fire.

A woman and a man in their 50s are also hospitalized. The woman has moderate injuries, while the man is slightly injured, said Vestfold Hospital.

It was at 3:07 Saturday night emergency came out to Vestfold Gata in Tønsberg.

– In utvarslingen we got informed that there were three people inside and they did not come out, but they were fortunately out when we arrived. The woman in the 1st floor had discovered the fire, alerted the emergency services and she picked up two floor to warn those who lived there. She succeeds in it, but none of them to go out again via the stairs. So they had three jump from one window onto Vestfold street, says fire champion Harald Nordnes Vestfold inter municipal fire departments (VIB).



-Can have saved lives

When fire crews arrived, it was drunk guy family house. Four fire stations were efforts.

The resident on the first floor may have contributed to saving the lives of the two who stayed in the second floor of the horizontal-detached house in Tønsberg, it says on the Facebook page to VIB.

A woman suffered serious injuries after jumping from the house second floor.

She was conscious when the ambulance took her, but complained of pain.

– One woman was seriously injured when she jumped from the second floor. She staying there had a visit from a guest. In addition live one woman in the house first floor, tells effort Rune Andersen from Vestfold police Aftenposten.



Got evacuated

Police used sirens to alert sleeping neighbors, and three neighboring houses were evacuated.

The house in Vestfold street not far from Tønsberg swimming pool.

Operations Arild Alfheim in Vestfold Police say the fire brigade controlled the fire at 04 o’clock, but later flared the powerful up several times.

First, by 09 o’clock the fire was extinguished.

Published: 18.jan. 2015 3:37

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