PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, December 6 A firefighter in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky spent more than 20 minutes resuscitating a dog evacuated from a fire and saved its life.
A video is being circulated on social networks in Kamchatka, filmed while extinguishing a fire in an apartment of a multi-storey building in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, on Molchanova Street. It shows how a firefighter resuscitates a dog that was removed from a burning apartment.
«The firefighter who saved the dog is Ivan Berezhnov. He works in the third fire and rescue unit of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. In a fire in an apartment on Molchanova, 5, two people and two dogs were injured. The people were sent to the hospital by ambulance, one dog inhaled combustion products and died. The firefighters managed to save the second dog,» said the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Kamchatka Territory.
They added that resuscitating the dog with an oxygen mask and artificial respiration took more than 20 minutes.
The dog has now been handed over to volunteers at one of the animal nurseries in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Nothing threatens her life.