Kraljevo Fire Destroys Apartment on Cara Dusana Street
The blaze broke out around 6 a.m. on the top floor of a building in the city center. Three fire crews contained it, and two people inhaled smoke.
A fire in Kraljevo broke out yesterday, October 13, around 6 a.m. in an apartment on the top floor of a residential building on Cara Dusana Street, in the city center. The apartment burned out completely, and two people were led out of the building after inhaling smoke. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
How did the firefighting response unfold?
Three fire and rescue crews went to the scene and contained the blaze. The first reports arrived while the fire was still being fought: Kurir, citing early information, reported that an apartment on the top floor was burning and that the fire was expected to be contained soon, with a photo taken from an RTS screen.
Nova.rs published its report on the contained fire at 8:31 a.m., about two and a half hours after the blaze started. It cited an RTS correspondent, who said the apartment had burned out completely. B92, which also relied on RTS, says crews were still putting out remaining hot spots.
Where were the two people taken?
The two people inhaled smoke and were taken for treatment, but reports differ on where. Novosti writes that they were taken as a precaution to the Studenica General Hospital in Kraljevo and treated there. B92 and Nova say they were driven to the emergency medical service premises, while Kurir says an ambulance took them to the hospital.
None of these outlets publishes their ages or identities, so it is not known whether they lived in the apartment where the fire started. Their condition is not described either, beyond the statement that they received care.
What is known about the cause and the damage?
The cause has not been established. B92 says it will be determined during the investigation, and Novosti says the investigation by the competent authorities will establish both the cause and the amount of material damage. Novosti assesses that the damage is not small. No report gives an estimate of its value, and the only confirmed fact is that one apartment burned out completely.
The remaining questions are unanswered for now:
- why the fire started on the top floor of the building
- how much the material damage comes to
- who the two people who inhaled smoke are, and what condition they are in
Nova, B92 and Kurir rely on RTS reports, while Novosti names no source. That is why details, such as where the two people were treated, differ from one report to the next, and only the competent authorities will be able to confirm what exactly happened in the building on Cara Dusana Street.
