Footage
of the rescue shows the woman hanging by her fingers from the building’s window
ledge as smoke billows from the property in Cedeira, Spain.
The
woman’s husband had been with her in the apartment before the fire broke out,
but decided to take the couple’s dogs for a walk, evading the deadly smoke.
Upon
his return, he helped organize the rescue blankets which saved his wife’s life.
The
woman falls rapidly and painfully glances off the building’s surface before
landing on blankets below.
According
to emergency services, the fire was sparked when a fuse box caught fire in the
block of flats.
Firemen
present at the incident said that the blaze was relatively small, but it
produced a significant amount of smoke which made it impossible for the woman
to breathe in the flat.
The
local civil protection service said the woman’s mistake had been neglecting to
close the door between her and the smoke.
A
spokesman told local media that the correct behavior in cases like this is to
close the door of the house, go to a room with window in order to breathe and
close the door of the room, If possible, it would be great to block the door
with wet blankets or something similar in order to avoid the smoke. This he
said should allow emergency services to have the time to carry out a rescue.”
Source:
NEW YORK POST
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