January 3, 2021 – More tragedy in Petrnija, as police report the death of a man who fell from a roof.
More terrible news from Petrinja, where the emergency response continues after the devastating earthquakes earlier this week.
Index reports that the Sisak-Moslavina Police Department has reported the death of a man in Petrinja, who died shortly after 10 am this morning, after falling from a roof.
The man, born in 1963, was from Vrbovec and had come to work as a volunteer in the rescue effort.
Police confirmed to Index that the volunteer fell from the roof. Witnesses tried resuscitation, but it was unsuccessful.
The tragedy is the first fatality in the clean-up after the powerful quakes which have devastated the town and surrounding area, but there have been several injuries among emergency response teams as well.
Two firefighters were injured earlier today working in difficult conditions, bringing to six the number of firefighters who have been injured so far.
Despite the dangers and aftershocks, firefighters worked through the night to remove damaged chimneys, repair roofs, remove tiles, secure dilapidated sites and other tasks for the purpose of saving and protecting human lives, the Croatian Fire Brigade reported.
During January 2, in addition to all available fire brigades of Sisak-Moslavina County, a total of 488 firefighters were engaged with 122 fire trucks from 17 other fire brigades of the counties and the State Fire Intervention Unit Dubrovnik HVZ.
This story will be updated.
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