Caught on camera (literally): You just don’t see this every day. Woman jumps into life net to escape fire in Spain. Watch the video.
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The caption with this video describes it as a multi-fatal apartment fire in Algeciras, Spain. The video shows what appears to be the body of a man on the ground next to the building with a civilian coming up with a blanket or sheet to cover it. What happens next is something you are not likely to see in the U.S. A woman jumping from a window safely into a life net.
Note what appears to be another woman on the ground in a red bathrobe or overcoat raising a ladder to the building as the jump occurs.
I am guessing the people holding the net with the yellow and black coats and no head gear are cops. Correct me if I am wrong.
The only article I could find on an apartment fire in Algeciras is from Sunday. It talks about six people who were injured, but does not mention fatalities.
Above is a discussion of life nets from William E. Clark’s Firefighter Principles & Practices, 2nd Edition (1991).
Click here to read about a 1903 Harlem fire and here for a 1909 Broadway fire describing a two FDNY life net rescues that thrilled bystanders.
Below is ad talking about the Chicago Fire Department’s use of Atlas Life Nets.
