it happened “excellent service” Fortunately everything goes well, but there are also moments of suffering.. Carlos USA, Local police officer who saved the lives of several strangers in a fire in Torre Pacheco, Describes La Opinión de Murcia, about the resolute intervention of the Prensa Ibérica group on a house affected by a large amount of smoke caused by two cars burning in front of the house. His swift action and that of his friends prevented a fatal outcome for the old couple: “One more minute, they’ll suffocate.”
The events took place at about three o’clock on Monday morning. He set fire to a car parked on Saavedra Fajardo street in Torre Pacheco. It is suspected that it was done on purpose debt and the Armed Institute took over the investigation. The flames spread to a second parked vehicle next door, causing a large amount of smoke to enter the nearest homes, including those most affected. house where a few young people sleepThanks to the quick intervention of the police, he was saved from being poisoned by the smoke.
The agents were the first to arrive at the fire scene. “We arrived very quickly, in about two minutes”states Urrea, the policeman who did not hesitate to enter the smoke-filled house to save the elderly. “A neighbor told us there were two elderly people in the house, so I asked him to go on his porch to access theirs, because The front door was closed by the flames and there were explosions in the vehicles.”, To explain agent, 40 years old.
After entering the courtyard of the property, the agent heard the old woman’s cries: “I tried to break the door connecting to the inside of the house but it was impossible, so I started banging on the window and then the woman opened it.” Urrea, being “pretty stunned” by the foreign national, managed, with great effort, to get him to take care of her and open the door. “I took her out and then went for her husband”.
Smoke completely filled the house, and the old man was “very nervous” at the bedroom door. “I lifted him with a weight and took him out of there.” After the couple was evacuated from inside the house, police took them to a laundry room located on the porch “to protect them from the smoke”. Urrea remained outside “to check that the flames did not spread,” but at one point He began to be affected by the smoke he inhaled. and made fun of them.
Same time, The rest of the local Police agents were responsible for evacuating the residents of the adjacent house.as well as marriages of minors Coordinating the arrival of Fire Fighting and Rescue Consortium (CEIS) FirefightersIt appeared 10-15 minutes after the alert as it exited its base in Los Alcázares.
“I was relieved when I saw the fire brigade coming”says Carlos Urrea, who is waiting in the laundry room with the elderly. Firefighters opened the windows and blew the smoke out of the room using a professional fan so the three of them could get out. It was immediately intervened by the health workers who came. they gave oxygen and firefighters responded to the smoke and fire.
“The toilets treated the elderly, then me. Although we cops play sports and are apparently in good health, they wanted to make sure everything was alright as he inhaled a lot of smokeand they sent me to the hospital,” explains the agent. He continued to give oxygen for an hour and a half in Los Arcos, and they did the relevant tests and showed that everything was OK. Fortunately, Both the couple and the manager are in good health. That same day, Urrea continued to work and does the same today.
Although Carlos Urrea faced worse situations as a police officer of 16 years, “unfortunately things are harder”, his early Monday morning rescue operation was not easy. “I’ve got the situation under control and you think nothing bad will happen, but you always have doubts,” she says. Yes definitely, firefighting marked his career because it was his “most satisfying and rewarding” performance.
“Service was excellent and it’s great to see your work being valued”says the agent, who received congratulations from the mayor, as well as colleagues and other neighbors. Police are stressing “Leadership is not just mine, we are a team”. The coordination between the emergency personnel and Urrea’s courage prevented a misfortune and frightened everything.