Tragedy: Couple Jump To Death From 7th-Floor With Baby In bid To Escape Inferno
Black smoke poured from the windows of the building as the fire raged
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A COUPLE jumped to their deaths while clutching their baby in a desperate attempt to escape their burning flat.
The pair jumped from the seventh-floor apartment in Brazil with their two-month-old son in front of horrified onlookers.
Luiz Evaldo Lima, Graciane Rosa de Oliveira, and baby Léo Oliveira de Lima died on Tuesday.
Felipe Ferreira, who lives in the neighbouring building, said: “We saw a couple with a child at the seventh-floor window.
“We started shouting for them not to jump, but the flames quickly engulfed them.
“In the end, they jumped and died instantly.”
An investigation has been launched to find out what sparked the blaze at the block of flats in Valparaíso de Goiás.
Capt Fábio José Rodrigues from the Goiás Fire Department told local media: “They died out of desperation.”
A witness said the flames spread “very quickly and violently”.
Another fire brigade official, Maurício Correia, said: “It could have been something that exploded and affected the gas pipes.”
Graciane, 35, was an eyelash technician and Luiz, 28, was a waiter, as reported by NeedToKnow.
The couple pictured together before the fire
The couple first met in 2019 at the wholesaler where Luiz worked at the time.
Two other people were rescued from the couple’s flat on Tuesday morning including Graciane’s mother.
Graciane also had a seven-year-old daughter, who was at school when the fire ripped through the building.
She is now with her grandparents.
The fire brigade evacuated residents from the block and 15 people were taken to local hospitals with smoke inhalation symptoms.
The Sun-UK
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