The residents imprisoned in flames told what was going on in a burning apartment building
Vitali lives on the 11th floor, and last night survived a nightmare. The man said – it was good that he did not sleep because he did not know if he would have gone alive.
« The fire was in front of the perpetrator’s apartment, mine. The whole fire went on me, » the apartment building said.
But he saved a neighbor, a 32 -year -old man whose apartment had a fire.
« When I went out, I looked with my feet – the man was lying. I didn’t see who.
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According to the resident, there was so much smoke that almost nothing was seen and the neighbor was unconscious.
« We dragged to the balcony – started breathing, » the resident said.
A large number of police, medical and firefighters soon came together. About half of the evening, the fire was extinguished by six tankers.
« The neighbor started to knock on the door strongly and said, » I looked out the window – such a flame was, God forbid, « the resident of the house said.
We dragged to the balcony – started breathing.
« I opened the window, on the other side of my windows – the smoke started to go. I started to wake my mother, so we all heard a little bit that we needed to evacuate and we all went out, » another resident of the house said of the incident.
76 apartment dwellers were urgently evacuated. The Vilnius Municipality gave the people who survived the terrifying asylum.
« We moved to the nearby Vocational Training Center. Together with the Red Cross volunteers, we organized water, the necessary conditions, hoping that the accommodation could be needed and brought the beds, » said Andžej Romeiko, Advisor to the Municipal Civil Protection Division after a terrible event.
Nine residents were examined by doctors, but no person seriously suffered. The owner of a burning apartment – in custody, was drunk at the time of the detention – nearly 2.5 prom. drunkenness. The residents of the house say they did not know the man, but the rumors heard different.
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« He says that a drug addict. I don’t know how much justice, » said a resident of the house.
On the 11th floor, near the alleged arson, a woman living said that before the accident had already been asleep-she was awakened by the sounds in the stairwell.
« We open the door and balls of smoke with fire straight into the face, » the resident said.
The woman says that the man probably lived not alone, the family, according to her, is dysfunctional. He says he heard that a conflict had arisen in the apartment between two men before the fire.
« One of them was filled with gasoline and wanted to set fire. Wanted to see something, electricity turned on – big smoke balls spread and nothing could see, » the resident said.
Police have opened a pre -trial investigation into the fire. The man has already been suspected of damaging the alien property and causing the population, but how the fire could have arisen.
« From people, witnesses, we have certainly heard a variety of circumstances for the reasons of the fire, » said Arvydas Vingilys, a specialist at the Vilnius Fire and Rescue Board.
The petrol version is also checked.
« We are waiting for the Fire Research Center experts who could measure the concentration of certain flammable fluids with their equipment. These circumstances can be confirmed or rejected, » explained A. Vingilys.
It is not yet clear how many people had insured their flats.
« As with each event, documents are being considered and the possibilities to provide some support are being considered, » Romeiko said.
Firefighters say Trinapolis’ apartment building was included in the list of houses that were periodically inspected.
« When passing through the common areas, it is clear that the fire -internal water supply is renewed, with powdered extinguishers, which were also used during the fire, » said a specialist at the Vilnius Fire and Rescue Board.
A man suspected of fire may be threatened with imprisonment of up to 5 years.