Firefighters in Brno rushed to a burning apartment in the first floor of a residential building on Karaskovo namesti in the Židenice district. The alarm came on Saturday after 08:00. When crews arrived, flames were coming out of the windows and the police evacuated residents from the building. On the scene, paramedics treated 11 people. One of them suffered serious burns and was taken to hospital. The incident is being handled by the emergency services and investigators, as the response continued after the fire was brought under control.