07.05.2025 10:52
A fire that broke out in a house in the Darıca district of Kocaeli spread to two adjacent houses, rendering a total of three homes unusable. During the fire, the wall of the wooden house, weighing several kilograms, collapsed onto two firefighters.
A fire broke out in the two-story house on Eski Hükümet Street in the Yeni Mahallesi neighborhood in the morning hours. The flames spread to two other adjacent two-story houses. Firefighters, medical teams, and police were dispatched to the scene upon reports from the surrounding residents. While efforts were initiated to extinguish the flames, two firefighters were injured due to falling wooden materials. The injured were taken to the hospital by ambulances, and the fire was extinguished after an hour of work. Three houses became uninhabitable, while it was reported that the condition of the injured was good. An investigation into the fire has been initiated.
MOMENTS WHEN FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED CAPTURED ON CAMERA
During the intervention of the firefighting teams, the wooden wall of the house that broke off fell on firefighters M.T. and G.B., and this moment was recorded by a citizen's mobile phone camera. The footage shows the wooden wall of the house falling on the firefighters waiting at the entrance of the house, with two firefighters being trapped under the fallen debris while one firefighter narrowly escaped at the last moment.