The investigation is to determine the causes of the fire of the building in Pszów in Silesia, in which five people were killed. We got to the monitoring recordings, which shows how the fire embraces the entire building quickly.
First, smoke appears, and less than three minutes later the flames – on the recording we reached, can be seen how the fire spreads quickly. You can also see people who jump through the windows to save their lives.
One of the residents of the building tells us that when she and her husband felt smoke, it was too late to escape the stairs. – Everything was burning there, only the third floor was left. My husband and I went to the window sill first, and then on the roof and waited there for firefighters to save us – says the woman.
The neighbors brought a ladder, tried to save the trapped by fire. Unsuccessfully. A police patrol, which was closest, arrived first. – The flame was amazing. It was impossible to go inside. These policemen tried there and one began to say. The ambulance took him – reports Mr. Bronisław Jóźwicki, a witness to the event.
Fire in PszówMateusz Kaczmarek/KP PSP in Wodzisław Śląski
“The biggest tragedy in the history of the city”
The first fire brigades appeared when the flames covered the roof of the building. Fire quenching took several hours. According to witnesses, there was a lack of water in the hydrants. Almost one hundred firefighters took part in the action. They failed to save five people.
– The development of the fire was very dynamic, so most likely, five people failed to evacuate from the object in a timely manner – the Nadbryg. Wojciech Kruczek, Chief Commander of the State Fire Service.
The bodies were found on the second and third floor. They are four men and a woman. – The biggest tragedy in the history of the city. I don't personally remember such an event with so many victims. Today we have also announced a one -day mourning in the city – say Piotr Kowol, mayor of Pszów.
Chief Commander of the State Fire Service on the circumstances of the fire in PszówTvn24
The circumstances are explained by the prosecutor's office
Unconfirmed relationships show that the fire began in the kitchen on the first floor. The oil caught fire on the stove, and then someone tried to extinguish it with water. There were 17 people in the building. They are mainly workers who rented quarters in it.
– The building was not reported as a hotel. As for the nature of the activity conducted by the owner of this building, this character will be explained here – informs Marek Wójcik, Silesian Voivode.
This is important because conducting official accommodation is associated with a number of restrictions. – Among other things, in the field of fire protection, sanitary or epidemiological protection. However, in the case of such occasional rental, there are no such restrictions – says Karina Pruk from the District Prosecutor's Office in Gliwice.
The evacians went to the hotel. They saved their lives, but they have nothing but the clothes they fled.
Source of the main photo: private archive