Suspicions of sexist violence after an intentional fire in a Badalona flat

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He smell of plastic and burnt wood it still permeates the landing of the ten-story building in Badalona (Barcelonès) that was about to go up in flames this past Monday, July 24. Despite the fact that the residents of this block of the Cordoba street They report that the flames devoured the floor where the fire broke out, the actions of the firefighters managed to prevent the damage from going beyond the house where the fire started, which was left completely burnedand the floor of the upper floor, which, although in principle it is not in danger, will be reinforced to avoid further problems.

Regarding the residents, the final balance was 23 people attended, either in the same place of the events or in a hospital. None of them suffered serious injuries. There were also no serious injuries in the apartment that burned, in which a couple had lived for just a few weeks, when they occupied the space.

The Mossos d’Esquadra confirm to THE NEWSPAPER what already they have arrested the man who lived in the apartment together with his partner and they say that the forecast is that on July 26 he will go to court. For her part, the woman has gone this morning to the Badalona Town Hall to receive “advice” after what they experienced, say municipal sources.

The rumor that the man had set fire to the apartment with the woman inside was established from the first moment among the residents of the block. A thesis that hours later was reinforced after the mayor of Badalona himself, Xavier Garcia Albiol (PP)stated on his social networks that “a savage has set fire to his partner’s apartment with her inside.”

Albiol also spoke about the subject in the municipal plenary that took place this same Monday, where he said: “Seemsand even with the prudence of the information that comes to me, that the fire has been caused by the ex-partner of the inhabitant of the house. It seems that he wanted to burn his partner“. The former councilor of the ‘Comuns’ Aïda Llauradó also referred to the potential motive of sexist violence.

Catalan police sources explain to this newspaper that the first analyzes point to the fact that the fire was deliberate and “there is some kind of domestic violence“and, although they do not rule out the sexist violence, they emphasize that the investigation is still open and that the type of violence is still not clear: “We do not know if at the time the fire was set there was someone else in the apartment.”

Affected neighbors

“We started to smell like burning, but since a lot of things burn in the neighborhood, at first it didn’t catch my attention. Then I looked out the window and saw a woman who was honking her motorcycle to warn the neighbors of the fire. I went to notify [al piso de al lado, donde se originó el incendio] and I saw that the door was already open and that they had already left. So I took my children and we went out,” he explains. Jessicaone of the tenants of the property in the Sant Roc neighborhood of Badalona and whose apartment has been left in perfect condition despite being adjacent to the burned-out home.

“They came a while ago to ask us if we were okay and such and They have told us that they would surely summon us for trial because everything seems to have been intentional“, comments Jésica. “The police have told us that this will go to trial and everything”, they also comment on their part AND. and d. -65 and 64 years old respectively-, the couple to whom the flames from the floor below have damaged the floor of a room.

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They both had to spend the night in the Center d’Urgències i Emergències Socials de Barcelona (CUESB)but, after the visit of the municipal architect, they have confirmed that they could return to sleep in their house this Tuesday, July 25.

Read all the news of Badalona in THE NEWSPAPER of Badalona



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