- The overnight fire of a cabin in Šac claimed one victim.
- The cause of the fire was the inadequate condition of the chimney.
- The direct damage was preliminarily estimated at 5,000 euros.
The overnight fire of a cabin in the Ludvíkov dvor location in the Šaca district of Košice claimed one victim. The cause of the fire was the inadequate condition of the chimney. This was stated for TASR by the spokesman of the Regional Directorate of the Fire and Rescue Service (KR HaZZ) in Košice, Jozef Bálint.
The KR HaZZ operations center received a report about the fire on Monday (January 26) shortly after 11:30 p.m. “Arriving at the scene was complicated by unpaved wet terrain and narrow alleys in the hut area. Upon arrival at the scene, it was found that the structure of the hut – unimocell was in a fully developed stage of flame burning and parts of the perimeter structure had collapsed in the center of the building,” he specified.
According to the notification to the emergency line and the statements of the surrounding citizens, there could be one person in the building. Firefighters extinguished the fire with two attack jets and at the same time searched for people. “Subsequently, the body of a person who suffered injuries incompatible with life was found under the rubble of the object,” added Bálint. The preliminary amount of direct damage was calculated at 5,000 euros. Firefighters extinguished the fire using 7,000 liters of water.
