Emergency services were alerted early in the morning on Friday November 15 that a fire was in progress in a Spanish establishment welcoming elderly people with mental health problems. Around ten people died and several were injured.
A fire in a retirement home in Villafranca de Ebro, a town of 800 inhabitants in the north-east of Spain, left at least ten dead, local emergency services announced this Friday, November 15. “At least ten people died in retirement home fire” Who “happened at dawn” in this town located about twenty minutes from Zaragoza, the capital of the Aragon region, emergency services announced on was declared at 5 a.m. for unknown reasons. Several people were also injured, including two seriously, specifies The Country.
The mayor of Villafranca de Ebro, Volga Ramirez Gamiz, told Cadena SER radio that the tragedy began in a resident's room, when a mattress caught fire. “I cannot yet say what the cause of death of each of these 10 people is, as it is under investigation, but in a phenomenon of this nature, the bulk of the deaths are usually due to l 'smoke inhalation', explained the government delegate in Aragon, Fernando Beltrán.
In a message on X, the president of the Aragonese region, Jorge Azcón, said “shocked” because “tragic fire”. “My most sincere condolences to the families of the deceased,” he wrote. According to its website, the Jardines de Villafranca residence was inaugurated in 2008. This retirement home had recently specialized in welcoming elderly people with mental health problems.
