The report prepared by the Municipal Police of Madrid confirms that the nursing home in the Spanish capital that caught fire on Sunday, where three women died, had at least two emergency exits blocked, which has given rise to a new clash between the Central and Madrid governments.
As reported by Cadena SER and union sources have confirmed to EFE, the Municipal Police detected various deficiencies in the operation of the center's emergency prevention system: in addition to the blocked exits, a fire hydrant was inoperative and at least one of The fire alarm pushbuttons also did not work correctly.
However, sources from the Community of Madrid have reported that they carried out two inspections in April and August of last year at the nursing home and it was found that the facilities "were in compliance with anti-fire legislation."
And the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has criticized the Government for holding the Community of Madrid responsible "even for accidents", after the Government spokesperson, Pilar Alegría, stated that "the boss" of the Madrid president in the management in this matter is "neglect, continuous errors, poor management and a painful lack of empathy."
"The unusual statements by the Government spokesperson about the Aravaca residence, blaming the Community of Madrid even for the accidents, make no sense. They are thrown into the mountains. They are inhuman and eccentric," Díaz Ayuso wrote on the social network , formerly Twitter.
In the press conference after the Council of Ministers, Alegría demanded that Ayuso investigate the fire "to the fullest extent."
The National Police has opened an investigation to determine the causes of the fire and Scientific Police officers went to the scene to collect remains.
Sources from the City Council have indicated that they will provide all the information necessary to carry out the investigations.
For their part, the municipal groups of Más Madrid and the PSOE-M in the capital's City Council have demanded that the local Executive of José Luis Martínez-Almeida publish the minutes of the Municipal Police and the Firefighters (the details of the latter are not have transcended).
In addition, Más Madrid has requested the appearance of the Minister of Family, Youth and Social Affairs, Ana Dávila, in the plenary session of the regional Assembly to report on the fire. Three women dead and one injured hospitalized
The fire occurred on Sunday morning at the Juan XXIII nursing home, located in Aravaca, which operates under an agreement with the Community of Madrid, with 38 residents.
As a result of the incident, two women aged 90 and 93 died on Sunday, one of them with extensive burns and the other from smoke inhalation; On Monday, a third woman, 64 years old, who had been hospitalized in critical condition, also with extensive burns, died in the La Paz hospital.
This Tuesday, only one of the people injured in the fire remains admitted to a hospital, and his life is not in danger. Between Monday and this morning, eighteen other people who were injured have been discharged.
