The flames devoured the room of the 77-year-old woman with reduced mobility, who could not do anything to save her life. The fire, which broke out shortly before midnight this Wednesday in a house on Virgen de la Cinta street in the popular neighborhood of Los Remedios, in Seville, alerted the neighbors who raised the alarm to Emergencies. 112.
Firefighters, Local and National Police and Health Emergency Center 061 traveled to this point in the city of Seville, who were only able to certify the death of this person.
According to Emergencies Seville on their social networks, they were able to extinguish the fire, which had its origin in the victim's bedroom. Now, it is the Police who have taken charge of the case to clarify the causes of the incident.
This fatal event occurred on the same day that the Seville Metro experienced a fire drill. The staging took place at the Gran Plaza stop, in Nervión, and the Fire Department of the Seville City Council took special prominence, deploying 6 vehicles, 1 ambulance and 22 personnel to attend to the supposed emergency.
The Local Police, for its part, with 3 vehicles and 3 signs, composed of two police officers each and 1 commander at the Command Post, has been in charge of managing traffic in the areas surrounding the affected stations and supporting the entry and departure of Emergency Team vehicles.
Civil Protection of the Seville City Council has participated with 20-25 uniformed volunteers and 8 vehicles, from the Advanced Command Post, have been in charge of coordinating communications and verifying compliance with the provisions of the Self-Protection Plan in addition to collaborate in the care of evacuated travelers.
The mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, attended the fire drill to check how the emergency services would act in the event of such an event. "You have to be prepared," he said.
