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Firemen rescue two in Palma suburb house blaze

STAFF REPORTER

PALMA
CITY firefighters were put to the test at lunchtime yesterday when they were called to extinguish a blaze in the Palma suburb of Son Gotleu during which two people had to be helped from inside a burning house.

Emergency service sources confirmed yesterday that firemen and local police responded to a call after fire broke out in calle Santa Florentina at about 2.30pm. Two people resident at the site of the blaze needed to be helped out of the building by firemen after suffering from smoke inhalation. The victims were taken to the east Palma hospital of Son Llatzer. In spite of the efforts of firemen to control the blaze, flames spread rapidly and the interior of the premises was completely gutted.

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