The Firefighters were able to enter this Friday at Residential buildings in the Spanish city of Valencia devoured by the Flames of firesearch for 14 people are still missing from this tragedy that’s gone at the moment, five dead.
Several firefighters equipped started with protective suits View the 14-story building completely burned down by fire that broke out on Thursday.
He President of Spain, Pedro Sanchezspoke at a press conference about the incident and said that “the priority now (…) is the search for victims.”
Sánchez said he had spoken to local authorities to “learn firsthand about the situation and offer any necessary assistance.”
The official record of this fire, which was reported on Thursday around 5:30 p.m middle floor of the propertyare four deaths.
But “we have 14 people” who lived in this building with two attached blocks and 138 apartments that are “not located,” government delegate in Valencia Pilar Bernabé told public broadcaster RNE.
The mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, spoke of “between 9 and 15 people who are not located“.
After the violent flames on Thursday night, this structure in the Campanar district woke up on Friday like a huge, blackened skeleton.
Valencia regional president Carlos Mazón told reporters that fifteen people were treated for injuries of varying severity, including seven firefighters.
Six of those fifteen people are still in hospital, but their lives are not in danger, he stressed.
The fire very quickly almost completely engulfed the building, leaving impressive images of this property in a residential area on the outskirts of Valencia completely engulfed in flames.
The property was built fifteen years ago, during the real estate boom, in which several districts of the city of around 800,000 residents expanded rapidly.
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”. ” AFP
