Night Alarm: A Rescue Operation During a Fire

A few days ago, during an air raid alert, an enemy drone crashed into the yard of a house. A fire broke out, quickly spreading to an outbuilding adjacent to the residential home. At that time, a sick woman who was unable to move was inside. Furthermore, a gas cylinder was located in the area of the fire, posing an additional explosion risk.

The first responders to the scene were a patrol police crew.

“There was no time to hesitate – we had to act immediately. My partner, Oleksandr Slyvynskyi, ensured the passage for rescuers and ambulances, while I managed to enter the house through a window and opened the doors blocked by the blast wave for the medics. Together with a neighbor, we moved the gas cylinder away from the fire. Until the ambulance arrived, we kept the woman warm with blankets to prevent hypothermia,” said Ruslan Bilyi, a police officer from the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi police department.

The medics transported the woman to the hospital, as it was unsafe for her to stay at home, and the firefighters extinguished the blaze.

Thus, thanks to the coordinated and decisive actions of the police who were the first on the scene and local residents, a tragedy was averted and a life was saved.

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Police Department of Odesa Region