Heroic Carabinieri Saves Bedridden Elderly Woman from Flames in Cercola

He sprinkles water on his clothes and throws himself into the flames to save a bedridden elderly woman. Heroic carabinieri in Cercola, in the province of Naples. The carabinieri saved an elderly woman trapped in her home during a fire. The soldier plunged into the flames after dousing his body and uniform with water. It happened last night on via Leonardo da Vinci, in the town on the outskirts of Naples. Upon the arrival of the carabinieri during a fire in a building, a 37-year-old woman shouted: 'My son and I are fine, but there is still a woman inside! Save her!'. Listening to the woman's plea, a lieutenant and a vice brigadier of the carabinieri. They are part of the Cercola station and last night they were called to make a difficult choice. Risking their own lives to save someone else's. The two terrified witnesses, having managed to escape before being engulfed by the fire, recounted that there was another woman in the house. Their 88-year-old guest, bedridden and unable to walk. Meanwhile, the flames had also engulfed the entrance, so one of the two soldiers took off his cap and doused his uniform and body with water. He launched himself inside, among the flames. The elderly woman was still in bed, immobile with her eyes wide open in terror. The fire had spared no room. Lifted from the bed and carried in his arms, the 88-year-old was brought to safety, in shock. After a few moments, the firefighters arrived and the blaze was extinguished. The owners are fine, they were taken to the emergency room of the Mare hospital for the usual treatments. The vice brigadier was admitted to the Villa Betania clinic for respiratory difficulties due to smoke inhalation. According to what was later ascertained, the fire was caused by a short circuit in one of the appliances in use.