Tragedy: Couple jumps to their deaths with their young son while desperately trying to escape the inferno in their 7th floor apartment
A couple died when they and their young son desperately jumped from their seventh-floor apartment to escape an inferno.
Luiz Evaldo Lima, Graciane Rosa de Oliveira and their two-month-old son Léo Oliveira de Lima died yesterday “on the spot” while trying to escape the fire that broke out in their residence in Brazil.
The cause of the fire in the apartment block in Valparaíso de Goiás, near Brasília, is still being investigated. But according to an anonymous witness, the flames spread “very quickly and violently.”
Firefighters evacuated residents from the block and 15 people were taken to local hospitals with symptoms of smoke inhalation.
Two other people, including Graciane’s mother, were rescued from the couple’s apartment on Tuesday morning. The other person is believed to be an upholsterer.
Luiz Evaldo Lima (left), Graciane Rosa de Oliveira (right) and their two-month-old son Léo Oliveira de Lima (not pictured) died “instantly” yesterday after desperately jumping from their seventh-floor apartment in Valparaíso de Goiás, near Brasília, Brazil, to escape an inferno.
The cause of the fire in the apartment block in Valparaíso de Goiás, near Brasília, is still being investigated. But according to an anonymous witness, the flames spread “very quickly and violently.”
Felipe Ferreira, who lives in the neighboring building, remembers: “We saw a couple with a child at the window on the seventh floor.”
“We shouted at them not to jump, but they were quickly engulfed by the flames.”
“In the end they jumped and died instantly.”
Captain Fábio José Rodrigues of the Goiás Fire Department told local media: “They died of despair.”
Maj. Maurício Correia of the Goiás Fire Department speculated: “It could have been something that exploded and damaged the gas lines.”
Graciane, 35, (left) was an eyelash stylist and Luiz, 28, (right) was a waiter. The couple met in 2019 in the wholesaler where Luiz worked at the time.
Graciane, 35, was an eyelash stylist and Luiz, 28, was a waiter, NeedToKnow reports.
The couple met for the first time in 2019 at the wholesaler where Luiz worked at the time.
Graciane also had a seven-year-old daughter who was at school when the fire reached the seventh floor of the building. She is now staying with her grandparents.
