Man uses sheet and rappels from 5th floor balcony to escape London, Ont. apartment fire

Resident uses bedsheet to climb down from apartment balcony amid blaze

One person was taken to hospital with unknown injuries while another used a bedsheet to escape the flames following a Sunday morning blaze at an apartment building in London’s White Oaks neighbourhood, fire officials say.

Man uses sheet and rappels from 5th floor balcony to escape London, Ont. apartment fire

Just prior to flames raging in his fifth-floor apartment, a man tied a sheet to his balcony and rappelled down one story to safety.

Man uses sheet and repels from 5th floor balcony to escape London, Ont. apartment fire - Fire Fighting in Canada

Just prior to flames raging in his fifth-floor apartment, a man tied a sheet to his balcony and repelled down one story to safety. CTV News reports. |