Fire caused by vacuum cleaner kills eight dogs
Eight dogs of the Shih Tzu breed died in a fire in a high-rise building in the north-east of Moscow, which occurred on the evening of October 18
As found out “MK”, a fire in a 12-storey house in the 1st Strelets lane occurred around 21.00. The owner of a two-bedroom apartment on the top floor turned on the vacuum cleaner, but soon noticed that the equipment was not working at full capacity. The woman turned to the outlet and was horrified - she was burning. By the way, for 15 years Muscovite as a hobby engaged in breeding dogs Shih Tzu. Her pets have repeatedly become champions at international exhibitions. The apartment had 12 dogs ranging in age from 4 months to 11 years.
In a panic, the woman called the emergency services and just in case turned off the electrocution. The apartment became dark, frightened animals hid in the corners, so the woman could not bring them all to the stairwell. 4 pets were saved, the rest were poisoned by carbon monoxide. Later firemasters tried to revive them, but to no avail.
Firefighters managed the fire quickly. A sofa and a closet burned in one of the rooms. But about 1.00 there was a second fire on the balcony, which was eliminated at about 7.00. As a result of two fires were flooded apartments up to the 7th floor.
The main version of the emergency is a closure in the old wiring. It has not been changed since the house was built in 1973.
