Helicopter rescues victim from burning El Salvador Ministry Building

Dramatic footage from El Salvador on Friday
(July 07) of a helicopter rescuing a victim from a deadly fire in the country’s Finance Ministry building that killed at least two people. Photo grabbed from Reuter’s video file.

(Reuters) — Dramatic images from El Salvador on Friday (July 07) of a helicopter rescuing a victim from a deadly fire in the country’s Finance Ministry building that killed at least two people.

A major fire broke out in El Salvador’s Finance Ministry killing at least two people, injuring 22 others and prompting some inside to jump from the building before the blaze was extinguished, officials reported.

The government sent in helicopters to rescue people in the ministry as video showed thick plumes of smoke streaming from the building.

Around 50 people were evacuated from the building and 25 people were taken to hospital for treatment for burns and smoke inhalation, a rescue worker reported.