Residents of a building opposite a tenement house on Kraszewskiego Street in Poznań that burned down last weekend were evacuated. According to the police, the wall of the destroyed building tilted slightly.
The information about the evacuation was confirmed by Lucyna Rudzińska from the Greater Poland police. She reported that the tachymeter showed a 4 mm deviation of the tenement wall, and the commander leading the operation decided to evacuate the residents of tenement house number 13 opposite. A bus was provided for them.
As reported by Mariusz Wiśniewski, Deputy Mayor of Poznań, residents will not be able to return to their apartments until the demolition of the burnt tenement house is completed. The city will provide them with accommodation in a hotel on Łozowa Street. As reported by the Deputy Mayor, about 20 people were evacuated.
Evacuation of a tenement house opposite a burned building in PoznańMateusz Majchrzycki/TVN24
Burnt tenement house in PoznańPAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk
Tenement house fire
A fire and explosion in a tenement house at ul. Kraszewskiego 12 in Poznań occurred on the night from Saturday to Sunday. Emergency services were called to a fire in the basement. Residents began evacuating before the emergency services arrived. Five minutes after the call, firefighters were already on the scene. While searching the basement for the source of the fire, two explosions occurred, after which the fire quickly spread.
Burnt tenement house in PoznańPAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk
Two firefighters who were conducting reconnaissance in the basement were killed. Eleven firefighters and three civilians were injured. Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Wiesław Leśniakiewicz said that “the force of the explosion was so great that it ripped off the helmets of the firefighters' heads”. At the peak of the firefighting operation, about 100 firefighters and about 30 vehicles were working on the site.
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