The testimonies: "There were people screaming, desperate people who couldn't find their children"

The devastating fire that affects a double building in the Campanar neighborhood of Valencia.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
21 February 2024 Wednesday 21:58
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The testimonies: "There were people screaming, desperate people who couldn't find their children"

The devastating fire that affects a double building in the Campanar neighborhood of Valencia. The testimonies of the neighbors are heartbreaking. Many of them are on the street, crying, following the evolution of the flames and seeing how their homes are burned. While waiting for the count of victims, the neighbors explain how they were able to leave the building.

Adriana, the administrator of the farm, could not avoid tears at the Dantesque spectacle of the flames. He explains between sobs that the fire has spread "super fast" and he has shown his surprise because in the building, which is newly built, and there is a gas installation. " As he explains, no one lived at the door where the fire supposedly started. .

The administrator estimates that there are 138 homes in the building, so those affected would be more than three hundred people.

A neighbor of the property has recounted how he left the building: "Suddenly I smell smoke, I look out and see that there is a fire. I have taken the essentials and the five neighbors of the floor have gone down the stairs together." Many of the residents have left on their own but with fear in their bodies: "I have been saved by a miracle," explained a neighbor. “I tried to go out through the stairs and the smoke fell on top of me, I went down the elevator,” she explains.

Vicente, a resident of the area, explains how in a matter of minutes "everything caught fire." "The neighbors are destroyed in the street. The feeling of confusion, it seems that all the floors are burned."

A neighbor who lives on the property next door explained that the building "came on fire in no time, in 15 minutes." She says that "there were people screaming, desperate people who couldn't find their children and even one person who had fainted." She narrates how explosions were heard and rubble fell.