The announcement was received by firefighters at 0.45 am. “It was a fire in eight flats, the damage was about 50,000 euros, the cause was probably a candle, it also hit the attic, because they were attic flats, ie under the roof,” said the operational officer of the Regional Directorate of the Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) in Košice. 21 firefighters with 11 vehicles intervened, the fire was extinguished at 6.14 h.
Two hours later, firefighters left the site again at the request of police officers, who were watching the smoke coming from under the roof of the house. “At 8.08 a.m., the smoke of the attic part was again reported. There were three pieces of equipment going out, the firefighters had to dismantle the structure, go through the thermal imager, find out the hidden foci and put out it, “ stated the operations officer.
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The mayor of the Luník IX district, Marcel Šaňa, stated that the evacuated residents were provided with shelter overnight. “We accommodated them in the premises of the local office, went to relatives in the morning and waited to let them go home,” stated. Inspections continued in the apartment building in the afternoon to determine the extent of damage, especially to the roof. “We’ll see if it needs to be partially repaired or a whole new roof,” stated the mayor.
According to him, an estimated 40 people live in the apartments on the upper floors, and about 200 in the entire apartment building. “The crisis staff met in the morning and an emergency was declared, so we will do what is necessary to ensure that they get to the apartments as soon as possible.” said Šaňa. According to him, the injuries in the fire did not occur, the inhabitants managed to run out in time. To be sure, the night evacuation also affected the neighboring apartment building, but people could have returned to it.
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