Great fear during the night in Uta , where a fire spread to the first floor of a two-family building in Via Stazione 4.
The flames in an apartment where the 90-year-old owner was staying .
The woman was rescued by the police , who, alerted, promptly intervened and entered the house, which was already filled with thick smoke. The elderly woman, disoriented, was unable to leave the building: she was accompanied outside and entrusted to some neighbors.
To avoid further and much more serious consequences, the soldiers then returned to the apartment to deactivate the electricity and gas supplies and at the same time, identified the room affected by the fire, in order to prevent the flames from spreading to the adjacent homes. they used a fire extinguisher and buckets of water to put out the fire which was completely extinguished.
The Cagliari fire brigade personnel, who intervened later, attributed the cause of the fire to a votive candle.
The mayor of Uta and some councilors were also on site.
(Unioneonline/vl)
