The Sevillian town of Los Palacios and Villafranca wakes up today with the first of the two days of official mourning decreed by the city council after the deadly fire that took place yesterday in the Los Ratones neighborhood, where a couple aged 20 and 17 lost their lives. years in a home.
The residents of the building, a block of 12 homes located on Avenida de Sevilla, are still shocked by the event, and are still waiting to be allowed to return to their homes after having been evicted from the home yesterday.
The flames, which began shortly before 1:00 p.m., soon reduced to ashes the house on the first floor where the young people lived with the grandfather of one of them who, apparently, was outside the house in the time of the accident. The young man, according to statements from neighbors, managed to ask for help through a window but when they tried to help him by breaking down the entrance door it was too late. Both boy and girl died.
Members of four fire stations in the province of Seville were mobilized, those of Los Palacios and Villafranca, Utrera, Alcalá de Guadaira and Dos Hermanas, with the presence of the provincial command and members of the Local Police and the Civil Guard, and the corpses of two people in a state of calcination.
Juan Manuel Valle has explained that the Los Palacios City Council, which has declared two days of official mourning, has made psychological assistance available to the affected families and, in addition, will provide the service of eventual accommodation to the families that have been evicted from it. damaged block, as some of the homes adjacent to the fire have been "contaminated" by smoke and are waiting to be allowed to return to their homes.
The technical services of the Municipal Urban Planning Delegation, as stated, will carry out an assessment of the property affected by the fire and the other adjacent ones to guarantee their safety, once they can access the homes.
The mayor insisted that it is a "very sad day for the loss of two people", thanking especially the "quick action" of the emergency devices, in order to prevent the incident from reaching even worse consequences.
