An explosion followed by a fire took place on Thursday, December 25, in a block of flats in Onești, Bacău county. Two people suffered burns.
Explosion in a building in Onești/PHOTO: Deşeptarea.ro
According to Bacău.net, around 11:50 p.m., the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations “Mr. CONSTANTIN ENE” of Bacău County was notified, through the unique system for emergency calls 112, about the occurrence of an explosion followed by a fire, in Onești municipality, Păcii street.
Two emergency vehicles with water and foam, a SMURD ambulance and a vehicle for rescue from height arrived at the scene. At the same time, a crew from the Bacău County Ambulance Service moved.
Firefighters found that the event occurred in an apartment located on the first floor of a three-story building.
Also, two people, a woman and a 31-year-old man, self-evacuated and suffered burns of varying degrees on about two-thirds of their body surface.
They were transported by the SMURD crew and the SAJ crew to the hospital. The fire was extinguished shortly after the arrival of the intervention crews.
It should be noted that it was not necessary to evacuate the block, and the strength structure of the building was not affected.
