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Delhi hotel fire: locals lay 20 to 22 mattresses and ask trapped people to jump

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An NDTV report on the locals who were first on the scene of a fire at a Delhi bed-and-breakfast. They used mattresses, ropes and bedsheets to help people out.

Key Lessons

  • Neighbours and shopkeepers reached the building first and acted at once.
  • They used whatever was at hand: bricks, ropes, mattresses and bedsheets.
  • General guidance: jumping from a height is very dangerous and should be only a last resort when stairs and exits are blocked.
  • General guidance: in a building fire, use the stairs and exits, never the lift, and call 101 or 112 early.

What Happened

When flames tore through a bed-and-breakfast in Delhi, local traders, neighbours and labourers were the first responders, says NDTV. With bricks, ropes, mattresses and bedsheets they helped people get out. In the video title, a local says they laid 20 to 22 mattresses and asked people to jump.

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