One of the burnt out apartments
Photo: Eli Senyor
1 killed, 19 injured in Ramleh fire
Woman dead after suffering severe internal injuries from jumping four floors after fire breaks out in residential building in Ramleh, 8 month old baby among wounded
A woman was killed Saturday night and 19 others were injured in a fire
that broke out in a building on David Raziel Street in the city of Ramleh.
Among the injured is an eight month old baby who sustained moderate injuries from smoke inhalation.
The woman died of her wounds upon arrival at the hospital; she had attempted to flee the fire by jumping from the fourth floor window of her apartment and sustained severe internal injuries.
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The fire broke out in a fuse box in the stairwell after which the smoke spread through the halls and the apartments, trapping the residents - who were sleeping - in their apartments.
Woman jumped out of fourth floor window (Photo: Eli Senyor)
Massive fire fighting forces and police arrived at the scene and rescued some of the trapped residents; they then managed to take control of the fire.
Seven intensive care ambulances and Magen David Adom ambulances arrived at the scene and provided medical care for the 19 injured, including two who sustained serious injuries, six moderate and 11 who were lightly wounded.
The injured were evacuated to the Assaf HaRofeh hospital, Kaplan hospital and Tel HaShomer Medical Center.
Magen David Adom Ayalon Region Deputy Commander Efi Bar said that "this is a difficult scene. We received reports of a number of trapped (residents). Most of the wounded were suffering from smoke inhalation as is usual in this situation, except for the woman who jumped who was suffering from fractures and internal injuries. Sadly, she died at the hospital."
Ramleh Police Commander Superintendant Shlomi Sagi who commanded the forces at the scene said: "We are carrying out a comprehensive investigation with the help of the fire department to understand what happened.
"We called in the Electric Company and Gas companies in order to fix the damages created (by the fire)."
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