People are afraid to choke.
On Saturday, December 30, in Manchester there was a major fire in 13-storey residential building. On the site there are 12 firefighters. Is evacuation of residents.
According to local radio station, a fire occurred in an apartment on the ninth floor and quickly spread to several floors below and above. Rescuers urge residents not to attempt himself to leave the building and wait for assistance in apartments.
Part of the tenants came out on the balcony, so as not to choke or not to burn.
Damian Butters and his wife Irina from Russia were in the apartment on the top floor, which they rented for the Christmas holidays. According to Butters, the part of the house is an apart-hotel. In it, they rented a room.
“It was very scary. On duty at the reception told us to stay in your room and never come out. Irina was scared. She immediately remembered that such instructions were received by the residents of flats in London — “Grenfell tower”. And people were burned alive out there!” says Butters.
“We wanted to try to go down, but the hotel staff did not allow us to do it. He explained that the stairs are very a lot of smoke. We will get choked, he said. Firefighters are also required to remain in apartments and rooms. We sat with his wife in the burning house an hour and a half! Finally, there were the rescuers, and we were taken,” said Damian Butters.
While it is known only about one victim. He was sent to the hospital in serious condition. The fire continues.
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