The patient admitted to intensive care and coming from the Villafranca de Ebro residence remains stable, in serious condition. This is the latest information provided by the regional government on the situation of the two residents who had to be admitted after the fire at a residence in Villafranca de Ebro.
In the early hours of Friday, the Jardines de Villafranca residence was the victim of a fire which 10 elderly people died from smoke inhalationand two had to be rushed to hospital.
The rest of the inhabitants were evicted first by the workers themselves, then by the firefighters, and They were welcomed in another residence in Huesca. Using suitable vehicles, they were transferred to the Vitalia residence, in Huesca, a few hours after the fire started. This same center was already a reference point a few weeks ago when the elderly were displaced from the Cuarte de Huerva residence due to the flooding of the Huerva river by DANA.
Fire at the Jardines de Villafranca residence
Villafranca del Ebro (Zaragoza) continues to mourn after the fire which, in the early hours of Friday, causes ten deaths in the Jardines de Villafranca psychogeriatric residence. According to initial investigations, the fire was started by a lit cigarette butt in a room where an oxygen pump was used. Although The flames did not spread thanks to a fire doorthe smoke was deadly for some residents, many of whom had mobility problems.
The tragic toll includes two people seriously injured and transported to Royo Villanova Hospital: a 65-year-old man, in serious condition, admitted to intensive care, and another 72-year-old, already in the department. In addition, a civil guard was treated for smoke inhalation.. A total of 32 residents required medical attention.
The Zaragoza fire chief, Eduardo Sánchez, stressed that upon arrival at the scene, they continued the evacuation initiated by the personnel and extinguished the flames. “The fire door prevented an even bigger tragedy,” he stressed.
The fire broke out around 5 a.m. on Friday in one of the rooms, probably because a user was smoking inside. The main hypothesis considered is that The fire could have been started by a resident who was smoking with an oxygen pump.
Numerous fire teams from Zaragoza City Hall attended the scene. Zaragoza fire chief Eduardo Sánchez said that when they arrived they found that the evacuation of residents was already underway. “We finished it and we took it upon ourselves to put out the fire“, he stressed.
Additionally, early in the morning, various authorities such as the the government delegate in Aragon, Fernando Beltrán; the president of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón; the vice president, Mar Vaquero; the Minister of the Interior, Roberto Bermúdez de Castro; the Minister of Social Protection and Family, Carmen Susín; and the director of the Aragonese Institute of Social Services (IASS), Ángel Val.
