Fires | One person was injured in a fire in Nurmijärvi – exceptionally transported by helicopter to the hospital

One a person was rescued from an apartment fire in Nurmijärvi and transported by helicopter with serious injuries to the hospital on Sunday, says the fire chief on duty at the Central Uusimaa rescue service Ari Koivu.

The rescued person was found unconscious in the apartment on Sunday, probably due to smoke fumes inhalation. There were no other people in the apartment.

The emergency personnel exceptionally decided to transport the person to the hospital by helicopter instead of an ambulance. At this stage, Koivu cannot say why the exceptional solution was decided upon.

Koivu can’t say about the condition of the rescued person or which hospital he was taken to.

Birch tree according to the report, both the rescue and the extinguishing of the fire took place very quickly, as the fire truck happened to be only about 300 meters from the address.

“It was luck in an accident. The rescue personnel made a flying start to the situation,” says Koivu.

The fire broke out after noon in an apartment building on Aleksis Kivi road. The fire was contained to one apartment, and the other residents of the building were not in danger. The fire extinguishing work has ended.

According to Koivu, the cause of the fire is a preliminary estimate, but details cannot be given yet. The police and rescue service will start an investigation into the matter tomorrow.

A medical helicopter arriving in a built-up area can cause dangerous situations. It lifts, for example, sand and small objects from the ground.

This time, when the helicopter landed on Aleksis Kive road, according to rescue personnel Koivu, it was difficult to direct all the bystanders away.

Koivu asks that in similar situations people stay at least 50 and preferably 100 meters away from the helicopter.

The Finnhems medical helicopter was used in the situation.