Three people have died and another 15 have been injured in the fire of a building in the Alicante town of La Vila Joiosa. According to sources from the Emergency Information and Coordination Center, the alert call was received at 2:15 a.m. from a large block of flats at number 1 on Marineros Avenue in the municipality.
As a result of the fire, two adults and a minor have died. According to all indications, they were the occupants of one of the apartments on the eleventh floor. The victims are a grandmother, son and grandson, as confirmed by city council sources, who indicate that the causes of the fire are still unknown. The investigation of the incident is being carried out by the Judicial Police of the Civil Guard, which has not yet confirmed the identity of the victims.
Sources from the Provincial Firefighters Consortium have reported that the incident has forced around a hundred residents to evacuate, “for their safety and depending on the location in the building.” Others “were confined to their homes,” they add. The fire generated, according to the same sources, a lot of smoke and flame, and affected common spaces of the building, such as the landing.
One of the men treated is a police officer who has been discharged on site. The remaining 14 people have been transferred to the Marina Baixa hospital in Vila Joiosa in two conventional ambulances. They were discharged early this morning after being treated for smoke inhalation.
The La Vila Joiosa City Council has had to relocate three people to a hotel, due to the damage their home has suffered.
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The CICU has mobilized a SAMU unit, a BLS unit and two conventional ambulances. The fire was considered under control five hours later, when the consortium concluded the service, around 7:30 in the morning.
The fire occurred just 10 days after the fire in a building in the Campanar neighborhood in Valencia, where 10 people lost their lives.
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