Boy, 9, left stranded on air conditioner 80ft above ground after climbing from flat window to escape fire
A BOY was left stranded on an air conditioner 80ft above the ground after he climbed from a window to escape a fire. Firefighters scrambled to the apartment in Samara, Russia as the young boy known only as Denis, nine, screamed “Mama, mama help me!” Horrifying footage shows Denis crouching on top of the air […]
A BOY was left stranded on an air conditioner 80ft above the ground after he climbed from a window to escape a fire.
Firefighters scrambled to the apartment in Samara, Russia as the young boy known only as Denis, nine, screamed “Mama, mama help me!”
Horrifying footage shows Denis crouching on top of the air conditioner, while fearfully peering at the ground below.
He held tightly to the window frame, but had also undergone training as a young climber – which may have saved him.
A resident said: “His screams broke my heart.”
Eyewitness Anastasia added: “The boy was home alone. The fire was very strong, flames were coming outside from the balcony.
“The kid had nothing else to do but climb out of the window and crouch on the air conditioner.
“We feared that the air conditioner would break off and fall.”
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As firefighters struggled to rescue the boy, the boy’s parents rushed home fearing the worst.
He was later taken to hospital and is now recovering from serious smoke poisoning.
Rescuer Evgeny Gulyaikin said: “We were in breathing apparatus because the apartment was heavy in smoke.
“The boy, of course, was in shock.
“And for us it was very worrying.”
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An investigation into the cause is underway.
Local reports claim at least 31 people were evacuated from the apartment block.
And at least 67 firefighters were called to help extinguish the fire.
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