A 14-year-old girl died in a fire that broke out on Wednesday evening in a 12-story residential house in Rzeszów in the southeast of Poland. Another eight injured persons were hospitalized. This was announced by the police, writes TASR according to PAP.
The fire broke out on Wednesday evening on the fourth floor of the house, the police notified the police at about 20.40. Approximately 250 people evacuated from the apartment building. The status of eight of them, including three children, claimed hospitalization. In addition, a 14-year-old girl dieddespite the efforts of the rescuers summoned, the spokeswoman of the local police said, saying the prosecutor’s office ordered an autopsy.
Rzeszowská police also states on their website that The police, together with the firefighters, evacuated a injured 69-year-old man from a burning apartment to the hospital. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. It is investigated by the competent authorities.