02/23/2024 – 09:00
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Update: 02/23/2024 – 09:26
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Firefighters continue to work The fire that started yesterday At around 5.30pm on the fifth floor of a fourteen-storey apartment building in the Campanar district of Valencia, at the intersection of Calle del General Avilés and Avenida del Mestre Rodrigo. The fire destroyed the entire block and spread to the side in the same ten-storey complex. After working all night, firefighters were able to put out the flames on the facade, but it is still not safe to enter the building.
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Photography: meadows and fields.
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Emergency services have been found, with drones Four deadThe authorities also announced midnight. The police were able to verify this There are fourteen missingBut they have not yet finished contacting all the neighbors and do not rule out that the number will vary.
The fire quickly spread throughout the building and a large cloud of smoke was visible from almost the entire city. What made matters worse was the weather, with high temperatures and strong westerly winds blowing at a speed of fifty kilometers per hour. But mostly it spreads quickly due to the polyurethane coating on the interface. Vice President of the College of Industrial Technical Engineers of Valencia, Esther BushidesIn fact, he attributed his voracious fire to this polyurethane coating.
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In addition, they requested Medical assistance for fifteen peopleAmong them are seven firefighters and a minor. Six of the injured were taken to hospital, five of whom were firefighters.
Deputy Emergency Director, Jorge SuarezHe explained that fire coordination activated the hotels and some centers for residents who were evacuated from the building, and buses were also activated to go to the hotels. The hotel employer HOSBEC has made hotel rooms available to emergency services so that those living in the fire-damaged buildings can stay there. Vera Valencia also provided facilities to the authorities in case they were needed.
At 8.30, the authorities appeared for the first time that day to explain the state of the fire and the number of victims. Valencia's butler has appeared, Maria Jose Catala; Head of the General State, Carlos Mazzone; Representative of the Spanish Government, Pilar Bernabe; The Spanish Minister of Science and Universities, Diana Morant.
Catala announced that she will issue her decree today Three days of official mourning All official events will be suspended on the weekend. This includes deleting Vallas' call that was supposed to take place on Sunday. Mazzone said so Official mourning will extend throughout Valencian CountryBut this would leave the autonomy to municipalities to decide what to do with formal laws.
The state Emergency Coordination Center activated Mode 2 of the regional emergency plan, which expects “severe damage,” and established a forward command center in the area.
The building that caught fire is located in the relatively new No Campanar district in the western part of the city, surrounded by large streets, shopping centers and green areas, such as Turia Park and Capsalera Park, where the Biopark is located. .
Francisco Perez PucciThe city historian of Valencia confirmed that this fire was the most dangerous in the last century. As precedents, he cited the bullring incident in 1946 and the Llanas Aragon department store in 1958, in which no fatalities occurred.
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