The mother and daughter suffered burns all over their bodies in a fire in the house where they lived, in the Tomas Coelho area, in Brusca, in the Itajai valley. The fire started early Saturday morning (2).

The bodies of a mother and daughter were burned in a fire in the house where they lived in Bruska – Photo: Firefighters / Disclosure / ND

Military firefighters were called to the semi-detached house to conduct an examination to determine the cause of the fire. The residence was turned off electricity and gas for cooking, and the house was ventilated to contain the flames.

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Before the garrison arrived, the neighbors broke down the door of the house and carried out the burning piece of furniture, such as a sofa, chair and table, according to firefighters.

In a 27-year-old woman, 80% of the body was burned, and in a 2-year-old child, 36% of the body. Photo: Military Firefighters/Disclosure/ND

Also, according to firefighters, 36% of the body, head, abdomen and hands were burned in a child about 2 years old, and he was rescued by people. Her mother, a 27-year-old woman, lay in the courtyard of an apartment building with burns to 80% of her body on her head, face, neck, chest, abdomen, arms and legs.

The child was transferred to Florianopolis to be treated for burns. The mother is still in the Intensive Care Unit (Emergency Department) of Azambuja Hospital awaiting transfer to a hospital specializing in burns.