A 46-year-old man died yesterday Tuesday in the fire of a substandard house located in Sector 6 of the Cañada Real in Madrid, an event in which five other people have also been injured of varying degrees, as reported by Madrid Emergencies.
The event occurred around 4:45 p.m., when the emergency services received a notice of a fire in a substandard dwelling in the most disadvantaged sector of Cañada Real.
Several crews from the City Council firefighters traveled to the place, who from the beginning knew that a man was trapped inside the affected building.
Despite the fact that the fire had spread through the entrance to the substandard housing and had a large load of smoke, the firefighters managed to rescue the victim, who was in cardiorespiratory arrest.
The Samur-Civil Protection toilets have performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers on him for more than 30 minutes, but finally they have had to confirm his death.
They have also had to attend to five other people, the most serious being a 45-year-old man who had second-degree burns for which he has been transferred to the Burn Unit of the Getafe hospital.
A 76-year-old woman has been evacuated to the Reina Sofía hospital due to mild smoke inhalation, the same condition suffered by three other men aged 30, 32 and 68, but who have been discharged at the scene.
Once the deceased was rescued, the firefighters have managed to extinguish the fire, the causes of which are being investigated by the National Police.
Municipal Police agents have also collaborated during the intervention, facilitating access to emergency services.
