The Department of Fire Protection and Rescue informed about the accident. According to the report, on September 2 around 6 p.m. 48 min. Klaipėda district firefighters were called to Dovilai borough, Dovilai town, Laukų st. It was reported that a man was covered with earth by an excavator near a house under construction.
When the rescuers arrived, the person was in a 5 meter deep hole. He was covered in soil up to his armpits.
Firefighters excavated the ground, freed the man and handed him over to the paramedics, who was conscious. The man was taken to the hospital.
Rescuers were called using a smart watch
The Department of Fire and Rescue provided more details of the incident before lunch on Tuesday. According to the PAGD report, around 6 p.m. 48 min. a report was received that a man was covered with earth in a hole dug by an excavator near a house under construction in Klaipėda district, Dovilai town. The man was in a pit about 5 m deep, stuck up to his armpits.
“A man dug a well. He had dug a hole 7 m long and 7 m wide and inserted one rentin. While he was there, the drainage waters seeped in and the body was soaked in wet clay. Fortunately, the person had a smart watch on his wrist and was able to use it to call for help,” said Mindaugas Lengvinas, a senior specialist in the Energy Management Department of the Klaipėda Fire Rescue Board.
According to Gargžda PGT shift leader Andrias Kairis, this rescue work was one of the more difficult ones: “Three firefighters and rescuers, tied with ropes, landed on the sides of the well, one of them landed in the rent. Due to the limited space in the burial ground, it was difficult to dig a person out, as once they were buried, they would be flooded again with a mixture of clay and water. One fireman was digging, and we were lifting the soil outside with buckets. We managed to get the person out in about half an hour.”
The man was very weak. He was handed over to emergency medical personnel and taken to the hospital.
Warning for firefighters: Do not work alone
“Such rescue operations are difficult, as you need to make quick decisions and provide help to a trapped person. After a while, he starts to run out of air, and the rescuers themselves have to be careful not to get stuck. And I would also like to warn the residents that such work must not be done alone, because in the event of an accident it may not be possible to call for help,” said shift leader A. Kairys.
According to the data of the Fire Protection and Rescue Department, almost 25 percent this year. rescue operations increased.
This year, firefighters performed 11,494 rescue operations, compared to 9,224 at the same time last year, totaling 14,703 rescue operations last year.
According to firefighters, recently the sense of self-protection of the population is decreasing, people pay too little attention to various risks both at work and at home.
The incident is under investigation.
2024-09-03 10:52:16