A female was injured and a man suffered smoke inhalation during a fire at their ground floor flat on Azad Avenue in Flamingo Heights – KZN.
Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were called out to the block of flats at approximately 05:18. On arrival, Reaction Officers were informed that the couple were woken to a smoke filled apartment. They were unable to locate their keys due to the thick black smoke. They broke a window and climbed out of the flat.
The female sustained a laceration on her arm from the broken glass. She was transported privately to a medical facility. Her partner was treated for smoke inhalation by Paramedics from a private ambulance service. The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen.
The Ethekwini Fire Department extinguished the blaze.
Flat on fire in Belvedere https://t.co/do8DmrPpNc#ArriveAlive #FlatFire @ReactionUnitSA @BurnshieldZA pic.twitter.com/thZ6xdQj7i
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) December 9, 2024
