Couple jumps to their deaths with their young son to escape the inferno on the seventh floor in front of spectators
A couple jumped to their deaths with their baby in their arms in a desperate attempt to escape their burning apartment.
The couple jumped from their seventh-floor apartment in Brazil with their two-month-old son in front of horrified onlookers.
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Luiz Evaldo Lima, Graciane Rosa de Oliveira and baby Léo Oliveira de Lima died on Tuesday.
Felipe Ferreira, who lives in the neighboring building, said: “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 caught in the flames.
“In the end they jumped and died instantly.”
Investigations have been launched to determine the cause of the fire in the apartment block in Valparaíso de Goiás.
Captain Fábio José Rodrigues of the Goiás Fire Department told local media: “They died of despair.”
A witness said the flames spread “very quickly and violently.”
Another fire official, Maurício Correia, said: “It could have been something that exploded and damaged the gas lines.”
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.
Two other people were rescued from the couple’s apartment on Tuesday morning, including Graciane’s mother.
Graciane also had a seven-year-old daughter who was at school when the fire engulfed the building.
She is now with her grandparents.
Firefighters evacuated residents from the block and 15 people were taken to local hospitals with symptoms of smoke inhalation.
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