She jumped from the fourth floor of the building where she lived in an attempt to escape a fire that broke out in her home and died a few hours later in hospital. The tragedy occurred during the night in Milan , on Viale Abruzzi.
The victim is Sueli Leal Barbosa, a nurse of Brazilian origins, 48 years old. The rescue was immediate, but there was nothing that could be done for her: transported in very serious conditions to the hospital, she died shortly after admission .
According to neighbors, the woman was seen throwing herself from a window overlooking the building's internal courtyard . Initial reports suggest that the woman was alone in the house at the time. The woman's husband was also questioned at the police station. The man, in particular, was found in a bar, in altered conditions. And according to rumors from rescuers who arrived on the scene, some witnesses reported an argument between the two, it is not known whether immediately before or in the hours preceding.
The first investigations also discovered that the front door had been closed from the outside . The men of the NIA, the Fire Investigation Unit of the Lombardy Directorate, coordinated by the on-duty prosecutor of Milan, will enter the apartment in the early afternoon and will try to identify the causes of the fire, the source of ignition and the possible use of accelerants.
The firefighters' operations to secure the building ended this morning around 6:45. The call for intervention was made at 1:19, when the partner was already at the bar in front of the house.
(Unioneonline/vf)
