2024-07-10 22:40:16
“The apartment caught fire when the scooter’s charging battery probably exploded. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Of course, a large part of people’s property was consumed by fire. We were at the scene, the people who expressed their desire, we promptly accommodated them in a hotel. City services: communal farm, heat networks assessed the situation on the spot, eliminated the most important problems”, Palanga Mayor Šarūnas Vaitkus announced on Facebook.
According to the mayor, the maintenance and cleaning of the territory and the house will start already on Wednesday morning. The municipality will assess the situation and help financially as much as the law allows, the mayor promises.
“Together with the whole community, we will help as much as we can and will not leave our residents in distress.” I appeal to everyone who can also help people and fix their houses as soon as possible, especially builders or construction companies,” the mayor wrote on the social network.
Meanwhile, the Department of Fire Protection and Rescue informs that the report of a fire in an apartment building on Sodų str. received around 9 p.m. 52 min. It was reported that the apartment on the first floor was on fire.
Firefighters rushed to the scene of the fire with three tanker trucks, and a car lift was sent.
When rescuers arrived, the apartment was on fire. By the time the firefighters arrived, 12 people had left the stairwell of the house.
According to initial data, the fire started in a three-room apartment with a kitchen. During the fire, the room and the household items in it were completely burnt, and the interior and balcony windows were broken. In the adjacent rooms and in the corridor, the ceiling was smoky.
The incident is under investigation.
2024-07-10 22:40:16