At least five people have died and fifty have been affected by burns and/or smoke inhalation in the fire unleashed tonight in a nursing home in Moncada, located at number 76 Calle Mayor in that municipality of l’Horta Nord. It is a publicly owned center with capacity for one hundred seats.
The death toll could be higher Given the several of the elders have been pulled unconscious and transferred in serious condition to different hospitals of the city of Valencia. According to Health, there are eleven people evacuated to hospitals: three with severe intoxication due to smoke inhalation and eight, mild. They are joined by several dozen more who have not required hospitalization.
According to the first appraisals of the coroner on duty, all the people would have died intoxicated by smoke inhalation, although it will be the autopsy that confirms that first hypothesis. At least Two of the fatalities also had burns..
Transfer to the Institute of Legal Medicine
The Civil Guard has remained in place, while Moncada Investigating Judge number 3, on watch duty, has completed the lifting of the bodies and his transfer to the Institute of Legal Medicine (IML) of Valencia, Where will the autopsy be performed?. That diligence has concluded after three in the morning.
The security forces have placed several elements to protect that moment of transfer of the bodies and avoid painful images.
At the time the fire broke out, the origin of which is still unknown, there were 81 residents in the Residence for the 3rd Age of Moncada. The call to 112 has occurred at 11:20 p.m.when the fire was already out of control. The Civil Guard has sent several patrols to the place and, together with local police officers, they have begun to rescue the residents until the arrival of the firefighters.
During the eviction, there have been moments of great tension, since many of the inmates have reduced mobility or difficulty moving around without help. In fact, several have had to be rescued in wheelchairs and many of the residents were disoriented by the fire itself and the hasty exit from the center.
? 6 endowments of @BombersValencia i 5 unitats of comandament mobilitzades to set fire to a residence of great people of Moncada, who is sitting evicted. It is treballa in l’extinció.
— Bombers Consortium VLC (@BombersValencia) January 18, 2022
Both Emergencies 112 and the Provincial Firefighters Consortium have informed through their Twitter accounts of the development of the incident, which has been considered extinguished around 1:20 a.m. Firefighters have fully ventilated the entire affected area.
Firefighters have rescued 25 people
The Fire Brigade has sent five crews from different parks and five command units, not only to put out the fire, but also to collaborate in the evacuation tasks. In fact, the Consortium has reported that the firefighters have rescued 25 people from inside the residence, some of them through an external staircase of the building.
There has been a fire in a residence of great people in Moncada, on Carrer Major.
S’està desallotjant als 70 residents preventively.
Mobility 4 endowments of @BombersValencia, 2 SAMU and 2 Basic Vitals Supports.
— Emergency 112CV (@GVA112) January 18, 2022
In addition, the Health Emergency Information and Coordination Center (CICU) has sent three SAMU ambulances and four basic life support ambulances, whose health workers have treated the most seriously affected and have been in charge of transferring them to hospitals.
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Early this Wednesday morning, the Civil Guard will send the team of fire investigation specialists to find out where the fire broke out and why it has been so damaging. In any case, they must wait for the affected area to cool down for the accident, since otherwise they would not be able to work.
One of the most serious fires in nursing homes occurred in a massamagrell senior center in which five residents died on March 29, 2006. In that case, the fire broke out in the nursing area of the nursing home, San Lorenzo de Brindis, which was privately owned. The five dead inmates, who suffocated from the smoke, were people with mental illnesses who were bedridden and unable to move.
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