One person dead and two injured in the fire of a block of flats in Granollers

One person has died and two have been less seriously injured this morning in a fire in a flat in Granollers.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
22 June 2023 Thursday 16:29
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One person dead and two injured in the fire of a block of flats in Granollers

One person has died and two have been less seriously injured this morning in a fire in a flat in Granollers. The Fire Department of the Generalitat received the notice around 4:42 in the morning of this Friday, June 23 due to smoke in a block of Orient street in the municipality.

Upon arriving at the house, the Firefighters verified that there was a focus developed on the three floors of the block with a person confined to the balcony of the first floor, who they were able to rescue through the façade. The Firefighters evacuated three people who were able to get out of the block by their own means.

The Firefighters entered the building with three teams, a couple through the first floor façade, another through the main door to search the stairs and a third team that entered through the second floor façade to extinguish the fire and search. victims. When they managed to lower the temperature on the third floor and were able to gain access, the agents located the lifeless body of a 90-year-old person.

The Emergency Medical System (SEM) treated two people with less serious injuries who were transferred to the Granollers hospital. For now, firefighters continue to check hot spots on the two floors that burned and ventilate the block. In addition, they have needed the presence of the municipal architect of the Granollers City Council so that he can assess, together with the members of the body, the state of the property.