The fire that started this Thursday in a building in the Campanar area of Valencia that affected another adjacent block of flats has, for the moment, resulted in four people dead, 14 missing and 15 injured whose life is not in danger.
This was stated this Friday by the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazónand the Government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabe, in statements to the media after attending a meeting at the Advanced Command Post located at the scene of the accident. Also present at the meeting were the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant; and the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá.
Both Mazón and Bernabé have explained to the media that for the moment the number of deceased people has not changed since Firefighters and police have not been able to access the interior of the buildings affected, which this morning were already without flames.
“We are waiting for the firefighters to enter the buildings and provide information on what they found,” Mazón stated. «Exterior checks are being carried out and when basic security is in place, they will be able to enter.«, he added.
Barnabas has pointed out that For now, four lifeless bodies have been located inside the building. and there are currently 14 missing people, although “the number will vary,” the delegate has warned.
The National Police, he said, is working on counting the residents of the building: “At the moment we have identified 14 untraceable people, a figure that will vary because we are working to try to locate the people who could remain. It is a building with many homes, some of them where people of foreign nationality resided who are more difficult to locate,” he added.
The Scientific Police, he said, will enter the buildings together with the firefighters “when access is possible.” “There the work of searching and identifying bodies will begin,” he added. Firefighters and the Military Emergency Unit (UME) will collaborate in search effortswhile the Police will identify possible bodies inside the buildings and investigate the reasons for the fire.
The injured, out of danger
Mazón has explained that The health services have treated 15 injured people, whose lives are not in danger, seven of them firefighters. Of the 15 injured, only six people are admitted to different hospitals, while the other nine have been discharged directly.
Of the six people admitted, five are firefighters who have burns or a broken arm due to having rushed, “but there is no fear for the lives of any of them,” stated the president of the region.