Polish Police Evacuate Patients Through Smoke in Kraków Hospital Fire

Kraków, Poland – Police officers helped firefighters and medical staff move patients through smoke-filled corridors after a fire broke out on the 10th floor of the Ludwik Rydygier Specialist Hospital during the night of October 6.

Body camera footage released by Kraków police shows officers running through smoky hallways, pushing hospital beds and helping patients who could not walk on their own to a safe part of the building.

The fire posed a direct threat to patients on the ward, police said. Staff Sergeant Kamil Skrzyniarz, Constable Sebastian Sztorc and Sub-Commissioner Zbigniew Adamski took part in the evacuation alongside firefighters and hospital workers.

Police said the evacuation was successful despite the heavy smoke. They released the video on October 28.