(12 Feb 2025)
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 12 February 2025
1. Firefighters rescuing trapped workers through a window
2. Various of workers climbing down a ladder through a window
3. Firefighter helping injured man
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Charles Ferreira, 52 years old, construction worker:
“I live in the back of the factory. They were yelling for help. We went there to see what was happening. I got my motorbike, went to the firefighters and they sent a truck and an ambulance.”
5. Firefighters arriving
6. Elderly woman being rescued
7. Firefighters placing injured man inside an ambulance
8. Various of firefighters at the fire site
STORYLINE:
At least 20 people were injured, 10 critically, after a fire destroyed a clothing factory in the north of Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.
The factory is one of the most used by samba schools in the lower divisions.
Firefighters managed to rescue workers that were stuck in the top floor by cutting the steel windows and placing a ladder for the group to exit.
Wesley da Cruz, one of the rescued workers said that the fire started on the ground floor while they were sleeping.
By noon around 90 firefighters had controlled the fire but did not exclude the risk of the building collapsing.
AP video by Diarlei Rodrigues
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