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Valencia INFERNO: 4 DEAD, 19 Missing After 14 Storey Building Blaze
Valencia INFERNO: Crews Frantic Search For 19 Missing People After Campanar Building Blaze Kills 4
Firefighters rushed to the scene in the Valencia city centre with flames bursting from windows of the 14-storey residential building, where the blaze apparently started MailOnline 24 FEB 2024 https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8692647344.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8692712672.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8692736367.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673680877.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673728012.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673064955.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673809926.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673050373.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673139602.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673143355.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673840576.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673843364.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8681789952.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8681880885.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673090703.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8673074040.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8681936805.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8681970334.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8682029848.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8648545552.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8682163479.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8653933596.jpg The tower block before the fire Devastated residents of Valencia fire apartment block say they 'have nothing' as it is confirmed nine people died, including newborn baby killed alongside their parents and three-year-old sister The deaths include a family of four with two young children, including a newborn baby, and an elderly couple. Firefighters and police slowly made their way up the 14-storey block of flats in an upmarket neighbourhood of Valencia on Friday, later confirming nine were killed in the deadly blaze. The fire, fanned by strong winds, engulfed the block in the El Campanar district within half an hour on Thursday evening, witnesses said. Still shaken, one of the surviving residents, 53-year-old Jose Carlos Perez, told Reuters he grabbed what he could and rushed out of his 12th floor apartment after he saw smoke outside his window. Physically, I'm dressed, but inside I'm naked because I have nothing, because everything I had was there,' Perez, who lived alone, said as he stood outside the SH Valencia Palace hotel, where more than 100 survivors like himself are being temporarily housed. Firefighters with masks and oxygen tanks worked their way through the charred building on Friday looking for bodies or survivors. Valencia Mayor Maria Jose Catala said later in the day that there were no more missing people. On Friday evening, authorities confirmed on X police had revised the number of dead to nine from 10 in the process of identifying the bodies in the building. Two firefighters suffered serious injuries and were hospitalised. Valencians flocked to donate clothes, medicines and toys for surviving residents who lost all their belongings in the fire. The director of the SH Valencia Palace hotel, Javier Valles, said they were temporarily housing 110 people and a regional official said they would receive money for daily costs. The majority of survivors are staying with relatives. 'People were very affected...the least we could do was help,' Valles said. Visiting the scene on Friday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said residents 'had lost everything in a matter of minutes in this terrible fire'. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8692681525.jpg The facade of the building was almost completely burned by the time the fire was put out https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...4261794894.jpg Emergency services said the fire began on the fourth floor of one of the towers but gave no cause. A local magistrate has opened an investigation into the blaze. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02...8653937381.jpg |
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