Person rescued from apartment fire in Daugavpils
Firefighters rescued a person from a burning fifth-floor apartment on Bauskas Street in Daugavpils late on 5 November and handed them to paramedics. The fire service received 46 calls over the 24-hour period.
Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) has reported that a person was rescued from an apartment fire in a five-storey residential building on Bauskas Street in Daugavpils on the evening of 5 November. It was the most significant incident in the service's daily summary covering the period from 06:30 on 5 November to 06:30 on 6 November.
Fire in Daugavpils
The call to Bauskas Street came in at 23:17. Household items were burning over an area of 15 m² in an apartment on the fifth floor. Firefighters and rescuers pulled the person out of the burning apartment and handed them over to medics of the Emergency Medical Service. Before VUGD arrived, five people made their own way out of the building from the fourth floor. The fire was extinguished at 02:17.
Burning waste in Kalnciems parish
At 16:52 on 5 November, the service received a call to Kalnciems parish in Jelgava municipality. In the basement of a five-storey residential building, waste was burning over 1 m². Twelve people evacuated the building before firefighters arrived. Work at the scene ended at 18:10.
Summary of the day
Over the 24 hours, VUGD received 46 calls in total. Of these, 15 were for firefighting, 15 for rescue work, and 16 turned out to be false alarms. Firefighters also dealt with fires involving an apartment's front door and wiring, as well as waste. In three cases, passenger cars were on fire.
