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Friday, February 23, 2024-07:49
Valencian Community At least four dead in the huge fire that devastated a housing complex in Valencia
Videos The exciting rescue of two people in the Valencia building fire
Firefighters continue early this Friday working to cool the exterior of the two buildings affected in the
fire in Valencia
.
So far, the fire has left at least four dead, 14 injured and 19 missing in the worst fire the city has experienced in history.
Throughout the early hours of the morning, the
emergency services
have been working to extinguish the building in the
Campanar
neighborhood where at five-thirty in the afternoon this Thursday a fire started that quickly reached its fourteen floors and spread to another building. adjacent.
Early this morning there was no longer any flames in the area, which is still cordoned off and cut off to traffic, and where firefighters are working in relays to cool the outside of the building, given that it is currently inaccessible. inside the structure, and in the search for possible victims.
At 7:30 a.m. the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, is scheduled to go to the Advanced Command Post of the Campanar fire, accompanied by the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá and the president of the Valencia Provincial Council, Vicent Mompó .
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7:48
At least 14 injured: nine men, four women and a child
Among the injured there are 14 people: nine men between 25 and 57 years old, four women between 27 and 81, and a seven-year-old child.
Six of the injured are firefighters.
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7:33
The facades of the buildings burned in Valencia were covered with flammable material: "The polyurethane turned it into a chimney"
"The
polyurethane
on the façade turned the building into a chimney."
This is how forceful
Juan Antonio de Diego
, an expert insurance appraiser and expert in the structure of the building that this Thursday was devoured by flames in Valencia, in the Campanar neighborhood, is.
Specifically, the property, which is part of an
urbanization with 138 homes
in which half a thousand residents live, had a façade coated with polyurethane, a "very flammable material."
The 14-story building has "a ventilated façade with alucobond, behind which is polyurethane," describes the expert.
"It is
the reason why the fire has spread so quickly
," he insists, added to the fact that strong gusts of wind have been recorded in Valencia this Thursday.
Read the complete information about Noa de la Torre in EL MUNDO.
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7:30
Valencia suspends the Fallas events until Sunday, including the Crida, due to the fire
The Fallas events that were scheduled in
Valencia
until Sunday, including the Crida that begins the Fallas, have been suspended for the three days of mourning that will be declared in the city after the
fire
that left four dead and 19 injured , at least.
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7:28
The Valencia building was promoted with "facades made of innovative aluminum material"
The developer of the two buildings that burned in Campanar highlighted in her promotional video that they had "facades covered in an innovative aluminum material."
The video explained that these were two "avant-garde and unique buildings linked by a spectacular panoramic elevator", with the "highest quality" in construction materials and "rigorous quality controls."
The architect and socialist deputy in Les Corts David Calvo has pointed out in his X account that in that video from 17 years ago to the developer "they forgot to say that each panel only had 0.5 millimeters of aluminum, compared to 5 millimeters of solid polyethylene".
Read the complete information in EL MUNDO.
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7:25
Firefighters continue working to cool down the burning building in Valencia
Firefighters continue early this Friday working to cool the exterior of the two buildings affected in the
fire in Valencia
.
So far, the fire has left at least four dead, 14 injured and 19 missing in the worst fire the city has experienced in history.
Throughout the early hours of the morning, the
emergency services
have been working to extinguish the building in the
Campanar
neighborhood where at five-thirty in the afternoon this Thursday a fire started that quickly reached its fourteen floors and spread to another building. adjacent.
Early this morning there was no longer any flames in the area, which is still cordoned off and cut off to traffic, and where firefighters are working in relays to cool the outside of the building, given that it is currently inaccessible. inside the structure, and in the search for possible victims.
At 7:30 a.m. the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, is scheduled to go to the Advanced Command Post of the Campanar fire, accompanied by the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá and the president of the Valencia Provincial Council, Vicent Mompó .
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