A tenement house fire took place in Gniezno. Firefighters found the bodies of two people while extinguishing. One in the staircase, the other in the burning basement.
After 21 o'clock on Sunday, firefighters received a report on a fire in the staircase of one of the tenement houses at ul. Wawrzyniec in Gniezno.
Four fire brigades were sent to the place.
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Fire of a tenement house in GnieznoTvn24
One body in the staircase, the other in the basement
– A burning human body was found in the staircase. His extinguishing immediately began. A basement room was also burning, where as a result of firefighting actions, the corpse of a second man was revealed – said TVN24 Brig. Łukasz Michalak, deputy commander of the State Fire Service in Gniezno.
According to Michalak, firefighters focused first on extinguishing the human body in the staircase. – Then we had information that he was burning in the basement and we were conducting activities there. In the meantime, the staircase was checked, measurements (…) carbon monoxide concentration was made and the rooms were ventilated – he explained.
The police under the supervision of the prosecutor's office investigate the causes of the tragedy.
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