Building Fire - Junction Calle Ramón Gallud & María Parodi

[Carl]

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Google translate, minus images and video:

A fire in three homes forces the evacuation of a building in the center of Torrevieja

The fire originates on a third floor and is understood to be the second in a building on Ramón Gallud Street with María Parodi.

A spectacular Fire took place this Friday in the center of Torrevieja No injuries were reported, although there was material damage to four homes, totally affecting three of them. The fire broke out around 8 p.m. The firefighters, who received the notice at 8:10 p.m., were working on extinguishing it until 10 p.m.

The affected houses are located in a building on Ramón Gallud Street with María Parodi, a building with a ground floor, mezzanine, six floors and an attic, which had to be almost completely evicted, while the residents of three homes located on the top floors were confined.

At the same time as the work to put out the fire was carried out, a search and rescue was carried out for four trapped people and three animals. The authorities also made a hotel available for the victims.

Apparently, the fire originated on the third floor because of a brazier. At that time, a man was in the house and was able to get out by his own means.

From there, the fire spread to the second floor of the building. From the outside you could see how a lot of smoke and large flames came out from the balconies.

Help

The neighbors asked for help from other houses on upper floors. At first, it was unknown if anyone was still inside the burned buildings. Even before the firefighters arrived, four agents of the Civil Guard They entered the building to check it. Finally, there were no injuries.

In the extinguishing work, in which a ladder was used, ten firefighters from the Torrevieja and Almoradí parks intervened, in addition to an officer, a non-commissioned officer, a sergeant and two corporals.

Alarm

Several patrols of the Local Police and the Civil Guard of Torrevieja went to the area, including the chief intendant of the Local Police, who was off duty at the time. The agents had to ask the neighbors who were contemplating the fire to move away from the area where the firefighters were intervening and arranged seals on the street.

The fire caused a lot of alarm in the first moments and generated dozens of videos spread almost immediately on social networks without providing any information other than the image of the flames.

Risks

An architect was also evaluating the building, and throughout the night there was a firefighter checkpoint to review and secure the area. In fact, during the morning of this Saturday the troops have been removing debris from the façade, since there was a danger of detachment.

Coordination

It was also when the mayor of the municipality, Eduardo Dolón, explained that he was at the scene of the accident together with the Councilor for Emergencies, Federico Alarcón, to accompany the affected families, take an interest in the situation and closely follow the operation until the emergency was over.

"Thanks to the coordinated work of Local Police, Civil Guard, health workers, firefighters of the Provincial Consortium of Alicante and municipal personnel, it was possible to rescue four people and three animals, extinguish the fire in the affected homes and evacuate the building in complete safety," said the councilor, who also stressed that "the City Council made hotel accommodation available for the victims and provided logistical support to all those involved".

[Brandyboy]

Thank goodness there were nor deaths and hopefully no injuries.

Well done all involved.