A mother and son died during the night, after their apartment was engulfed in flames in the village of Nikoliq in Has.
A family lived in the house. The son of the house, Rexh Lushi, alerted the fire department, which went to the scene, which is 8 km away from Hasi on a cobbled road.
Meanwhile, the fire had grown and Rexh Lushi, after rescuing his wife, entered the house to get his mother trapped in the flames, but he could not get out, according to Top Channel journalist Dorjana Bezat.
Firefighters have only found Time Lushi’s body and efforts are underway to find her son.
The cause of the incident is suspected to be the carelessness of the family members, who are thought to have forgotten to turn on a heater.
However, a team of experts is carrying out actions to identify the cause of the fire.
“Around 02:00, in the village of Nikoliq, it is suspected that a fire accidentally broke out in the apartment of citizen R.L. As a result of the fire, citizen R.L. and his mother, citizen F.L., lost their lives, while the wife of citizen R.L., citizen A.L., able to leave the apartment. The investigative group, led by the prosecutor, is working to determine the cause of the fire,” the police said in the official announcement.
