Tragedy in Petah Tikva: A 3-year-old girl perished in a fire that broke out this morning (Monday) in a residential building on Ichilov Street in the city. Also in the fire, a 7-year-old boy in moderate condition, a 42-year-old woman, a 4-year-old boy and a 3-month-old baby in mild condition were injured by inhaling smoke.
MDA medics and paramedics provided medical care to all the injured and evacuated the five to Schneider Hospital in the city, where she was pronounced dead. Firefighters are working at the scene to put out the fire.
Avichai Hadad, deputy director of the Yarkon area at MDA, said: “There were many rescue forces at the scene, the woman left the apartment independently with two children while they were conscious when they were suffering from smoke inhalation, and we evacuated them to the hospital. The 7-year-old boy and the 3-year-old girl were rescued from the apartment by the fire brigade that operated on the scene and were taken to the intensive care unit. The girl was without a pulse and without breathing and was evacuated while performing resuscitation operations. “
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A number of tragic deaths have been reported in recent days as a result of fires: An 80-year-old woman was killed last night as a result of a fire that broke out in an apartment on 23rd Street in Be’er Sheva. In the Lower Galilee.