At least thirteen people have died and four have been injured in the fire that occurred this Sunday around six in the morning at the Fonda Milagros nightclub in Murcia, a fire that spread to two other premises in the Las Leisure area. Watchtowers, where the search for three missing people continues.
The burned buildings are being shored up by firefighters to guarantee the safety of the emergency services and DNA samples have already begun to be taken from the relatives of the missing people to confirm the identity of the bodies found.
The objective, the spokesperson for the National Police of Murcia, Diego Segal, stated in a brief appearance before the media, is to identify as soon as possible the deceased and the injured who have been treated in hospitals.
As explained, the structure of the damaged premises has suffered serious damage and has collapsed, which has made it necessary to carry out reinforcement tasks to prevent new landslides and ensure the work of the rescue and emergency teams.
It will take several days to undertake this work and to lower the high interior temperatures of the damaged properties, so that the agents of the Scientific and Judicial Police of the Homicide Group and the investigators of the Fire Department can work on them to determine the causes of fire.
Although at first 112 located the tragedy in the Teatre nightclub, the National Police later reported that the fire had allegedly broken out in the place called Fonda Milagros and that from there it had spread to Teatre and another nightclub, Golden, frequented for the Latino community.
The first news spoke of several people poisoned by smoke in the popular area of bars and clubs in Las Atalayas, but once the flames were extinguished, the first bodies were found.
The toll of fatalities was escalating throughout the morning, while a team of psychologists was installed in the nearby Palacio de los Deportes to assist family and friends of the victims, among them, the father of a 28-year-old Ecuadorian girl. , who sent his mother a farewell audio.
3 deceased identified
Three of the thirteen people who died at the Fonda Milagros nightclub in Murcia have been identified by fingerprints, while the other ten will have to be identified by comparing DNA samples taken from their relatives at the Forensic Anatomical Institute when a latest count of missing persons raises their number from one to three due to complaints from their loved ones, reported the mayor, José Ballesta.
In an appearance before the media after the meeting of the municipal crisis committee with those responsible for the police, health, emergency and fire departments, he reported that in the area where the 13 bodies were found this Sunday there are no more. , so the entire surface of the other two nightclubs affected by the flames, Teatre and Golde, are being traced by grids to completely rule out that there may be more among the rubble.
The two new missing persons have been added to the list provided by the National Police that had one, after another was located this afternoon, after adding the complaints of all the relatives who have missed relatives who may have been in the area, some of whom have even called from outside Spain.
14 firefighters continue to work in the area, who will also do so in shifts at night with the surveillance of 22 local police officers, supported by agents from the National Police, who have not provided data on the identity, sex and nationality of the fatal victims identified. throughout the day.
It is expected that the offices, shops and other establishments in the Las Atalayas area where the fire occurred will resume normal activity this Monday, according to the mayor, who has highlighted the work being carried out by municipal psychologists and social workers. and the Red Cross in the space set up for family members in the neighboring Palacio de los Deportes.
Support and accommodation for family members
The relatives of the deceased and missing people displaced to Murcia from their places of residence have been provided with maintenance and will also be provided with accommodation tonight, he added.
The count of those injured due to burns and poisoning due to smoke inhalation finally stands at 4 treated in hospitals plus the 20 who have gone to health centers on their own, all of whom have been discharged.
The nightclub was open during the authorized hours when the fire broke out and after focusing the municipal work on caring for the victims and their loved ones, as of this afternoon all the existing information in all municipal departments on the affected premises is being compiled to contribute it to the police proceedings along with the investigations of the Local Police and the firefighters.
The city council will appear in the procedure and has ordered its legal services to study all the documentation and carry out the actions that are necessary “without any type of reservation or hesitation if someone has to be held accountable in court for their possible responsibility in the events.” ”.
“All of this will be clarified to its ultimate consequences, no matter who falls, whether public or private,” he stressed.
The fire chief has reported that the causes of the fire are unknown, although since this investigation falls within his jurisdiction, it is in the hands of the scientific and judicial units of the National Police Corps.
Also that his first intervention focused on the ground floor of Fonda Milagros, where all the bodies found were.
“Mommy, I love her, I’m going to die” is the heartbreaking message that the young woman recorded and that her heartbroken father conveyed to the media.
The poisoned people are two women, aged 22 and 25, and two men, aged 41 and 45, two of whom have been taken by ambulance to the Reina Sofía Hospital in Murcia and the other two have gone to a health center on their own. according to statements to the regional public radio station Onda Regional de Murcia by one of the doctors who has worked caring for the injured since early in the morning.
This is the deadliest fire recorded in Spain in a leisure venue since the tragedy in 1990 at the “Flying” nightclub in Zaragoza, where 43 people died.
The biggest tragedy in a nightclub took place in Madrid on December 17, 1983, when a fire that started behind the stage curtains of the Alcalá 20 nightclub killed 81 people, most of them young people.
Mourning and condolences
Like the city council of that capital, the regional Executive has also decreed three days of official mourning for the deceased, in which the flags of public buildings throughout the region of Murcia will fly at half-mast between tomorrow, Monday and Wednesday. .
Messages of condolences and solidarity have been sent through social networks throughout the day, with gratitude for the work being carried out by the fire and emergency services.
Feijóo regrets the deaths that occurred in the fire
Forwarding Miras’ publication, the national president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, points out: “I am very sorry and want to accompany the relatives of the victims of the fire that occurred this morning in Murcia in their pain. Of course, also all my recognition and gratitude to the emergency services.”
Sánchez conveys his “support and collaboration” to the Government of Murcia and regrets the tragedy
The acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has conveyed his “affection and solidarity” to the relatives of the “tragic” fire that occurred this morning at the Teatre de Murcia nightclub, and has conveyed his “support and collaboration” to the president of the Region. , Fernando López Miras.
“My love and solidarity with the victims and families of the tragic fire that occurred this morning in a nightclub in Murcia. I have just conveyed all our support and collaboration to the president of the @regiondemurcia. Thanks to the emergency services deployed at the scene for his work,” Sánchez expressed in his personal account on the social network X.
Díaz conveys his “affection” to family and friends of the victims of the “tragedy” in Murcia
The acting vice president of the Government, Yolanda Díaz, today expressed her “concern” and “affection” for the people affected in the fire at the Teatre de Murcia nightclub, and has conveyed her “affection” and condolences to the family and friends of the victims.
“Following with concern the news about the tragedy that occurred in Murcia. My love to all the people affected and my condolences to family and friends of the deceased,” the acting vice president of the Government wrote on her account on the social network X.
Sala Teatre: We must mourn the human losses
None of the thirteen people who lost their lives this Sunday in the fire that started in the Atalayas area of Murcia died in the Sala Teatre, as EFE was informed by its spokesperson, María Dolores Abellán, who underlines in the face of the tragedy that “we must regret “human losses, not material losses.”
Abellán, from the entrance to the area of the accident, has indicated that the fire did not originate in his premises, and has thanked the work of the security forces, the health personnel and the firefighters who went to the area of the drinks. city of Murcia at six in the morning, when the fire broke out and numerous calls for help mobilized 112 and the National Police.
He has conveyed his condolences to the families and has expressed his concern for the condition of the four injured in the fire, which originated in the adjacent Fonda Milagros restaurant and spread to the neighboring Teatre and Golden rooms, the latter highly frequented by the community. South American Murcia.
Murcia’s bars and entertainment venues close as a sign of mourning
The Federation of Entrepreneurs of the Murcia Region of Hospitality and Tourism (HoyTú) has reported this Sunday that, as a sign of mourning for the tragedy that occurred in the leisure venues in the Atalayas de Murcia area this past morning, the leisure of the The entire capital has decreed the closure of its establishments for this afternoon.
“It is a sad day for the entire sector, for our entire society. We are grieving, we are dismayed. “This is not the day to open our doors because our hearts are broken,” says Jesús Jimenez, president of HoyTú, in a statement distributed to the media.
The leisure employers’ association asks to clarify responsibilities if there was negligence
The Spanish employers’ association Spain Nightlife and the International Nightlife Association (International Nightlife Association) have asked that Sunday to clarify responsibilities if, in the open investigation, it is demonstrated that there was some negligence that favored the deadly fire in a nightclub and adjoining premises of Murcia.
The employers’ associations affirm, in a statement, that they hope “that the competent authorities can clarify, as a result of the open investigation, the causes of this fire, in case responsibilities have to be determined in the event that any negligence has been committed.”
oaquim Boadas, general secretary of the aforementioned nightlife associations, says that the associations are “dismayed and shocked by what happened” and that, “in these moments of pain” they send all their “support, affection and encouragement to the family and friends of the people who have lost their lives in this tragedy” while wishing a speedy recovery for the injured. With EFE
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