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In a late-night rescue operation, unit from the Velachery Fire and Rescue Station successful Chennai rushed to an flat successful Puzhuthivakkam to assistance an aged mates trapped wrong their home.
At astir 11.30 p.m. connected February 7, the Fire Control Centre received a telephone from Yogesh, a nonmigratory of Murugan Street, reporting that an aged mates surviving connected the 2nd level of an flat gathering was incapable to unfastened their doorway from the inside. One of them was bedridden, portion the different had fallen and sustained injuries, leaving some stranded and helpless.
Within 8 minutes of receiving the call, a five-member squad led by Station Officer D. Prabakaran travelled astir six kilometres to scope the spot. Finding the doorway bolted from inside, the firefighters instantly forced it unfastened and entered the house.
Inside, they recovered Srinivasan, 72, wedged successful the constrictive abstraction betwixt his furniture and the partition aft losing equilibrium portion getting up for water.
Fire work unit said helium was injured, and was incapable to move, portion his woman Banumathi, 67, who is bedridden, struggled successful panic to question help. Managing to scope a mobile telephone from the bed, she contacted a neighbour, who alerted the occurrence service.
Later, firefighters sent Mr. Srinivasan to a infirmary successful a 108 ambulance for treatment.
