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A fire broke out during a football match. A player took a hose and put it out

8.04.2026 / 09:44

Nashaniva.com

An unusual situation occurred in the third division of the Swiss football championship on April 4.

A fire broke out near the field of the 'Paradiso' club. One of the footballers unexpectedly acted as a rescuer. The 36-year-old captain of the local team, Ezequiel Schelotto, immediately reacted. He took a water hose, ran to the edge of the field, and started putting out the fire.

'Paradiso' won the match — 2:1. Schelotto played the entire game on the field. However, the club occupies the penultimate spot in the championship and may be relegated to a lower division.

A fire broke out at the Swiss 3rd division match between FC Paradiso & Bavois

The player coming the rescue with a hose is one-time Italy international Ezequiel Schelotto

The 36-year-old played for Atalanta, Inter, Chievo & Brighton amongst others

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Ezequiel was born in 1989 in Buenos Aires, but, like the previous pope, Francis, has Italian roots and was even called up to the Italian national team.

At one time, he played several matches for Milan's 'Inter', played for 'Atalanta', 'Chievo', 'Sassuolo', Portuguese 'Sporting' and English 'Brighton'.

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