The three deceased,

two of them young

, from the Russian trawler Sveaborg, docked in the Port of La Luz and Las Palmas (Gran Canaria), could be rescued within two hours, the director of the Port of Las Palmas, Francisco Trujillo.

Trujillo has commented that the fire started in the engine room around three o'clock in the afternoon on Thursday and, although "

the flames could never be seen

because they affected a plant below the roof," the smoke was observed from almost all of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Four other people were poisoned by inhaling smoke

.

During the night, the tasks of extinguishing the fire continued, which was declared this Thursday, and cooling the burned area to later proceed to the rescue of the dead bodies in adequate safety conditions.

He has specified that the ship, which is large because it also manufactures its fishing, is in a process of maintenance and repairs and, "for reasons that still

have to be investigated

", was affected by a fire that has resulted in three deceased.

Trujillo has assured that the emergency services always maintained "the hope of finding the sailors alive", which is why they decided not to use the ship's own CO2 extinguishing means, because its use "was incompatible with a rescue alive. ".

The director of the Port of Las Palmas has assured that "the fire was always controlled", although the Maritime Captaincy kept one of its boats in the area in case the firefighters needed their jets of water.

Francisco Trujillo has revealed that the consignee of the fishing vessel was in charge last night of looking for

"accommodation for the crew" - more than fifty people

- of the Sveaborg, who will not be able to return to their residence on the ship until the National Police make their reports, the Civil Guard and the Fire Fighting and Rescue Service of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

At first, two men, aged 50 and 62, were poisoned by smoke inhalation and were transferred in an ambulance to the Hospital Universitario Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín and shortly afterwards, two other men, of unknown age, were referred to the PAC for the same poisoning. from El Puerto.

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