a violent one Fire This Thursday engulfed an approximately fourteen-story residential building in the Spanish city Valenciain the east, caused at least seven injuries, apparently minor, according to the emergency services.
According to the first report from the regional emergency number 112, two firefighters were treated for “burns on their hands,” another was treated for a broken wrist and four other people, including a minor, suffered smoke inhalation.
The Regional Ambulance Service 112 said that 22 firefighters and 8 medical units were on the scene, including a vehicle to treat several victims, and announced the activation of “Emergency Situation 2”, which will be put in place in the event of “major damage”. “
According to public television TVE, emergency services set up a field hospital near the building in the Valencian district of Campanar.
112 explained that the fire started on the fourth floor and spread to others.
“We ask residents of other parts of the city not to approach the area around the fire in order to facilitate the work of the mobilized emergency teams,” said the mayor ValenciaMaria José Catala.
“Dismayed by the terrible fire in a building last year Valencia“wrote the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, in X.
Sánchez said he had spoken to local authorities to “learn firsthand about the situation and offer any necessary assistance.”
“I would like to express my solidarity with all the people affected,” he added.
Unfavorable conditions
The strong wind that was affected Valencia made extinction tasks difficult.
A woman who owns a flower shop near the burned building told TVE that “it hurt people,” that the property in question was no more than 14 years old and that the more than 100 apartments were “all occupied.”
“What spread everything was the wind,” the woman added, describing scenes of “chaos” with “traffic, police, smoke.”
Another resident of the area explained that the structure burned at an incredible speed: “It was like the building was made of cork,” he described, explaining that the fire broke out around 5:30 p.m.
Huge black smoke enveloped the building, where not a single apartment appeared to be without flames.
Witnesses who spoke to Spanish media agreed that the fire had spread across the facade.
In October 2023, a fire in some nightclubs in the neighboring region of Murcia killed thirteen people and six people are charged.
SPRING: AFP