She was ready to jump from the roof of the burning five-storey house in Ånge

2022-03-11T06:37:36.644Z

The fire in a five-storey house in Ånge last autumn where one person died could have been avoided if the signals of previous fires in the house had been handled in a different way. In Ånge, Ladda Kruangram and her daughter Mona escaped the fire with mere fright. We accompanied Ladda and Mona when they returned to the house for the first time to pick up their belongings.

The fact that people with risky behavior may be kept causes many fatal fires.

This is stated by the rescue service Medelpad in a report.

And that was also the case in connection with the fatal fire in a five-storey house in Ånge last autumn.

"Something could have been done there for preventive purposes," says Mattias Andersson at the rescue service in Medelpad.

One person died

One person died in the fire but it could have ended even worse.

Ladda Kruangram stood with her daughter Mona on the roof of the burning five-storey house in Ånge and was ready to jump but was saved with the help of a step car at the last second.

- I did not want to die up there, she says.

In the video above, we follow Ladda and Mona when they are back in the house for the first time to pick up their belongings.

Not the first time it burned

The rescue service suspects that the fire started on a stove and it was not the first time it burned in the apartment.

Even when the social services, home services or rescue services are aware of this type of problem, the information about people with risky behavior seems to fall between the cracks.

The rescue service sees how recurring fatal fires follow a similar pattern.

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Fire protection against the will of the individual

Installation of automatic fire alarms, stove guards and portable sprinklers where it has been seen that there are risks would prevent fires and the Rescue Service in Medelpad goes so far as to imagine rules that allow this type of action to be taken against the individual's will.

Glad they're alive

Now Mattias Andersson hopes that the steam fire will raise the question of how risky behavior should be handled at the same time as Ladda Kruangram and Mona can carry the experience of horror from the roof of the burning house.

- But I'm glad we're alive, says Ladda Kruangram.

Source: svt