Today at 11:31 a fire was reported in the village of Naguyevychi, Drohobych district. A wooden house was burning.
Upon the arrival of fire and rescue units, the house was almost completely engulfed in flames as the fire quickly spread through the wooden structures. The fire caused heavy smoke. There was a threat of the fire spreading to nearby outbuildings.
It became known that there was a paralysed elderly man in the house. So, first of all, the firefighters carried the 67-year-old man out through the window into the fresh air and handed him over to the medics. After providing first aid, the elderly man was hospitalised with a diagnosis of combustion product poisoning at the Drohobych Central District Hospital.
The firefighters managed to contain the fire at 12:14 and eliminate it at 12:26. The firefighters employed 10 firefighters and 2 units of special equipment.