Firefighters rescue three children and two adults locked in a room of their burning house in Usera

Firefighters from Madrid have rescued three children and two adults who were locked in a room and who asked for help through the window when they were trapped in their own home that was on

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Around half past nine in the afternoon, the Madrid Fire Station received numerous calls warning of

on the third floor of a building, so 10 Fire Departments were activated to the scene.

Upon arrival, they have detected five people, two adults and three children who were at the window of a room

, an action that the firefighters have applauded since the family proceeded to close the kitchen door, where the fire originated

, and they confined themselves to a bedroom, making themselves visible until the arrival of the firefighters.

As confirmed by

, the extinction of the fire has been very fast and the evacuation of those affected as well.

In the first place, the three children who have been handed over to the Police have been rescued and, later, a professional has gone back upstairs, entering the house to help the two adults to move to the auto-ladder basket and lower them.

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, who have assessed the five members of the family and have discharged them on the spot as they did not present injuries or intoxications due to smoke inhalation, reported Emergencies Madrid .

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