One of those affected is in critical condition and two others are serious, and the cause of the fire is unknown for now.
Two people have thrown themselves into the void from the floor in which the room in which the flames lit is located
Five people, one of whom is critical and two serious, have been injuries in a fire that has originated this Saturday shortly before one in the afternoon at the Hotel Coronado in Barcelona, in the street of Nou de la Rambla in Barcelona. The fire started, for reasons that are being investigated, at around 12:56 p.m. and 10 units of the Bombers have come to extinguish it, although after 2:00 p.m. it was still active, according to the Barcelona City Council and Civil Protection of the Generalitat.
As reported Gerard Pradas, chief of duty of the Firefighters, and Zulma Itzaina, head of duty of the SEM, the fire has started in a room on the third floor of the hotel, which is the only space affected by the flames along with the adjoining corridor. The rest of the plant has been affected by smoke and high temperatures, which has forced the entire building to be evacuated.
jump into the void
Two people have thrown themselves from different rooms on the third floor -none from which he has seen the fire start- to save himself. When they arrived, the emergency teams had already jumped, trying to hit the mattresses that neighbors and hotel staff had placed on the ground to cushion the fall. The two who have jumped are serious and one has been admitted to the Vall d’Hebron Hospital and the other to the Hospital del Mar.
In total, nine people have been treated, of which four, mild, have been discharged right there. Of the five wounded, the most affectedboth with burns and the effects of having inhaled smoke, He is in critical condition and has been transferred to the Clinic. Two other less serious injuries have been taken to the Hospital del Mar.
Without light
The hotel, according to firefighters, has lost power and it is being evaluated whether it will be necessary to relocate the people who were in it in other places. In the case of the third floor there is no doubt: for now it cannot be used.
Hard images circulate on the networks, like this video:
They send me this from Nou de la Rambla, Hotel Coronado, Poble Sec, Barcelona, right now. Harsh images, be warned. pic.twitter.com/z6Ob1eo3Ey
— resd9 (@resd9) February 12, 2022
We worked with various staffs and investigated the fire at a hotel in the center of Barcelona.
Donem seguretat als equips d’emergències @BCN_Bombers i @semgencat both @GUBBarcelona
Hi has people ferides of diverse consideration
— Mossos (@mossos) February 12, 2022
VIDEO: Moment in which a man jumps into the void from a room at the Hotel Coronado in Poble-sec. He falls onto a mattress, but also hits the ground. The causes of the fire are unknown. pic.twitter.com/4a2Qaw6I81
— Guillem Andres (@Guillem_Andres) February 12, 2022
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Civil Protection of the Generalitat has activated the pre-alert of the Procicat plan for this fire, in which members of the Urban Guard and the Emergency Medical System (SEM) have also been deployed.