Three people rescued from apartment building fire in Valmiera municipality
Firefighters in Jeri parish, Valmiera municipality, rescued three people from a burning three-storey apartment building, while four more left on their own. The fire service said no smoke detector alarm was heard in any of the homes.
A fire broke out in a three-storey apartment building in Jeri parish, Valmiera municipality, on the afternoon of 9 November. The State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) reports that firefighters rescued three people from the building, while four other residents evacuated on their own before the rescuers arrived. The service does not report any casualties.
The call was received at 14:53. Household belongings were burning over an area of 16 square metres in a second-floor flat. The rescuers finished their work at the scene at 17:32.
VUGD specifically notes that firefighters did not hear a smoke detector alarm sounding in any of the building's homes.
Overall calls over the past day
Between 06:30 on 9 November and 06:30 on 10 November, VUGD received 38 calls nationwide. Of these, 11 were for fires, including one forest fire, 14 were for rescue operations, and 13 turned out to be false alarms.
Firefighters also extinguished fires involving an abandoned building, a pile of leaves, rubbish, forest ground litter and a minibus.
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