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Firefighter-rescuer saved buried workers for more than seven hours
He has been a firefighter-rescuer for 24 years, and now Marko Roljević has been crowned with the 'Award of the City of Belgrade - Despot Stefan Lazarević' for a heroic act. The proposal for the recognition followed an intervention that occurred on February 19 last year.
TL;DR
- Marko Roljević, a firefighter-rescuer, received the 'Award of the City of Belgrade - Despot Stefan Lazarević' for heroic actions.
- Roljević was recognized for his role in a rescue operation on February 19 last year in Petka village, near Lazarevac.
- During the Petka incident, a construction site collapse buried workers, and a subsequent soil collapse trapped the rescuer and three workers.
- The rescue operation lasted several hours, requiring improvisation to stabilize the ground, provide oxygen, and protect the trapped individuals.
- Roljević also participated in the rescue of two men who fell into a river after a bridge collapse in Lazarevac in 2023.
- He was part of the specialized team for water rescue in 2023.
- Earlier in his career, in 2006, Roljević responded to an explosion at the 'Prva iskra' munitions factory in Baric, where there were fatalities and injuries.
- Roljević's passion for rescue work was inspired by his uncles, who were also firefighters.