An 8-year-old Frenchwoman lost her life in the fire at a campsite in Catalonia, this Wednesday morning August 23. The fire had affected the bungalow of this family from France. The victim’s father and sister survived.
Wednesday, August 23, around 4:55 a.m., before sunrise, a fire broke out at a campsite in Catalonia. The fire affected one of the Capfun bungalows, located in the municipality of Montblanc, north of Tarragona. It caused the death of an 8-year-old girl. The victim is French. She had come on vacation with her family, with her father and her 13-year-old older sister. The latter two managed to escape in time, but the youngest succumbed to the flames.
His body burned by the flames
According to testimonies collected by the media El Periodico, the flames measured up to 6 meters high. When the 15 firefighters arrived, they had already reached the interior of the bungalow. And it was too late. The fire could not be extinguished until around 6:16 a.m. It was only at this time that the firefighters discovered the body of the little girl, completely burned, inside the accommodation. The rest of the campers had deserted the site held by the French, in time.
The circumstances of the fire remain unknown at this time. The Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan police, have opened an investigation to clarify the facts. And a psychological support service has been deployed for the family but also for professionals. For report, the town is located in an area under alert this week, because of the heat wave.
