Two children die after a mattress fire fills a room with smoke in Tălmaciu, Sibiu county

Emergency call and response

Emergency services received a call to the 112 number on Wednesday evening, 28 October, reporting that a room on 1 Mai Street in Tălmaciu, Sibiu county, was filled with smoke. ISU Sibiu, the county emergency inspectorate, sent a fire engine, two SMURD teams, the emergency physician's car and three ambulances from the county ambulance service (SAJ), one of them with a doctor on board. Firefighters entered the affected property to assess the situation.

Two children found in cardiac arrest

Inside the smoke-filled room, crews found a 2-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy unconscious and in cardiac arrest. Reconnaissance showed that part of the mattress on one bed had burned. ISU Sibiu said medical teams were carrying out resuscitation on both children at the scene.

Resuscitation and death

Medical crews started cardiopulmonary resuscitation immediately and concentrated a large number of doctors and paramedics at the site. Despite these efforts, neither child responded, and the doctors were forced to declare both deaths. ISU Sibiu described the outcome in a statement.

“Despite the efforts of the rescuers, the two minors could not be saved. They did not respond to resuscitation, and the doctors had to declare their death.”

Cause under investigation

Firefighters are working to establish the probable cause of the fire, according to ISU Sibiu. No cause has been officially confirmed in the reports available so far, and the investigation remains open.