DURBAN – Two people were killed and a child was left hospitalised after a house fire in Eastwood, Pietermaritzburg, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Multiple Mi7 National Group units were immediately dispatched after reports of a house fire in Eastwood, the Mi7 National Group said.
“Mi7 medics found a house ablaze, with three people lying alongside it. Medics rushed to one patient, an 11-year-old boy, who had sustained serious burns and suffered smoke inhalation,” the Mi7 National Group said.
“Medics quickly worked to stabilise the boy, administering advanced life support procedures before placing him on a ventilator.”
The Mi7 National Group said that with the assistance of an emergency escort by Mi7 Strategic Threat Response units, the boy was rushed to a local hospital in a critical condition on board a Mi7 ambulance.
“Community members had tried their best to resuscitate the two remaining people, who had also sustained burns and suffered smoke inhalation before medics arrived. Unfortunately, they had succumbed to their injuries and were declared dead on the scene,” the Mi7 National Group said.
It added that at 7am, reports indicated that the boy had been taken into the intensive care unit.
Police had not commented by the time of publication.
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