Tragedy in Hungarian sports centre – 8-year-old child dies in fire – VIDEO

A child died, after a wooden stall caught fire in Budapest, in the MOM Sport Center on Monday evening. Another three were injured and taken to hospital.

The Police Headquarters of Budapest stated that they had received a call at 6:32 PM, according to which an unused wooden stall had caught fire, reported Blikk.

Firefighters brought an unconscious 8 year old child out of the building, and paramedics started her revival immediately. Despite the professional care, the child passed away on the scene.

The police are investigating the cause of the fire, and have started an investigation against an unknown suspect on charges of careless manslaughter.

The wooden house, which caught fire, was on top of a sports centre in the 12th district in Budapest. A child managed to escape, and another was brought out by firefighters and handed the child over to paramedics. Szandra Bodnár, the communications associate of the National Ambulance Service, said that four ambulance units were alerted to the scene.