Firefighters rescued a mother and her son from a blaze that broke out in their fifth-floor apartment in Ashdod on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Israel Fire and Rescue Services. The pair were evacuated for medical treatment. The cause is under investigation.
A mother and her son were rescued from a fifth-floor apartment fire in Ashdod on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters responding to reports of smoke from the residential building located the pair in the apartment and evacuated them for medical care, the Israel Fire and Rescue Services said. The extent of their injuries was not immediately reported. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
The rescue follows a series of apartment fires across Israel over recent weeks. While none of those prior incidents are directly linked to this event, the recurring nature of residential fires has drawn attention to fire safety in multi-story buildings. As The Zioneer has previously reported (most recently on June 11 in Haifa, June 23 in Modi'in Illit, and June 25 in Eilat), firefighters have responded to a number of apartment blazes, many with successful rescues.
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