Woman who fell down from a residential building in Tbilisi during fire, dies

The fire broke on the upper-floor of a residential building on Pekini street in Tbilisi. Photo: Emergency Management Service. 

Agenda.ge, 18 May 2021 - 11:35, Tbilisi,Georgia

A young woman who fell down from the fifth floor during a fire in a residential building on Pekini street in central Tbilisi earlier today, has died. 

Doctors said that the woman who was about 35-year-old had multiple injuries and they were unable to save her life. 

Fire broke out in the residential building of IDPs earlier today. 

Fourteen fire brigades were trying to extinguish the fire. 

A firefighter with a little boy he took out of the building on fire. Photo: Georgian Emergency Management Service. 

At the moment fire is extinguished. 

Witnesses say that the woman fell down from the section of the building where fire was not spread. 

Police are investigating whether the woman jumped from the building or it happened accidentally. 

A short circuit was named as the possible reason for the fire. 

Firefighters were able to take people, including children out of the building safely. 

No one else has been injured.