17.04.2025 01:10
In a house fire in the Meram district of Konya, family members tried to escape by jumping onto a blanket held by citizens. In the fire, 10-year-old Emel El Salih and 6-year-old Gazel El Salih lost their lives. Those moments were captured on a mobile phone camera.
During the fire in Konya, where two children lost their lives, moments when other family members in the apartment jumped from the balcony onto a blanket opened by citizens were captured second by second by a mobile phone camera.
THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE BY JUMPING ONTO THE BLANKET
The fire broke out around 15:30 in an apartment located on Dursun Fakih Street in the central Meram district. According to the information obtained, the fire started in the apartment on the 2nd floor of the 5-story building, where 30-year-old Feyyaz S., his 29-year-old wife Rıdal S., and their children lived. While the fire was raging, citizens opened a blanket under the balcony on the other side of the apartment where the flames were rising.
2 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES
The family members in the apartment escaped the fire by jumping onto the blanket opened by the citizens. Those moments were also captured second by second by a mobile phone camera. While the fire was extinguished by the fire department, 10-year-old Emel El Salih and 6-year-old Gazel El Salih, who were left inside, lost their lives.