The last evening of January was supposed to be a holiday for a group of young people from Prokopyevsk. To celebrate, they gathered in a private sauna on Kubanskaya Street. And the right occasions: three birthdays at once. But the noisy party literally turned into a nightmare in just a few minutes: five young people died in a fire. Only one girl can survive in this hell…
From school to my last breath
The guys are very friendly. The four victims were in the same class. After ninth grade, their paths diverged a bit: three remained in school, and two friends, Lilya and Sveta, entered the Prokopyevsky College of Physical Education. There Sveta met Sasha, who became her best friend and the fifth victim of the fire.
Anna, Sveta's surviving sister, said: “I know Sasha, her best friend. Celebrated the New Year with us. I'm very sorry for him, he was a very nice guy. They met at university, classmates.”
That evening they celebrated three birthdays at once. Not long before the tragedy, the guys shared happy moments on social networks: here is a photo of smiling girls by the pool, here is a funny video in the car on the way to vacation. Friends who know the company say they are good people and don't drink.
“I'll say it right away: the guys don't even drink, don't talk about alcohol,” a friend said bluntly. “We are all in tears now.” I can't believe what happened…”
The moment that decides everything
According to preliminary assessments, the cause of the fire was due to an electrical short circuit. According to the surviving girl's sister, at one point the administrator ran into the room and shouted: “Run! The bathroom is on fire!”
Amid the growing panic and haze, 16-year-old Sveta reacted with lightning speed. Without hesitation, she grabbed a pair of wet shorts lying nearby, pressed them to her face so as not to inhale carbon monoxide, and rushed to the exit. It was this simple act that saved her life. She managed to run out just before the room was completely covered in deadly smoke. Unfortunately, her friends, in the chaos, made another, dangerous decision.
“The rest were confused, jumped into the abyss and suffocated,” Anna recounted her surviving sister, adding that they hoped to escape the fire in the water but died of smoke poisoning.
Another guy was lucky – he was at home thanks to his mother. In conversation with “KP” he said:
“My relative in this company – he also died… I had to go too, but my mother wouldn't let me go. But I talked to them exactly half an hour before the fire: they said everything was fine…”
The end of tragedy
Firefighters arrived at the scene at 8:22 p.m. and fought the fire for nearly an hour. Once inside, they discovered the bodies of five teenagers…
Sveta was examined by emergency physicians. She was not seriously injured physically but was severely shocked. The girl refused to be
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