In Murcia, Atalayas was synonymous with leisure, parties and loud music in rows of cars and at the doors of stores. The area became hell in the early hours of Sunday. At least 13 people died from the flames in the leisure area. Work is now underway to gain access to all the damaged areas of the three burned premises and to complete the search for remains and identification of the victims. [Last minute of the fire in Murcia]
This is one of the main nightlife areas in the Murcian capital. Just a kilometer and a half from the city center, in the vicinity of the old Alicante highway, and next to a shopping center and the Sports Palace that serves today to provide psychological assistance to the families of the victims.
Located in the area that a few decades ago was known for hosting numerous car dealerships, for a few years now it has been the venue for bachelor parties, graduations or birthdays, such as the one that took place this morning in the Fonda Milagros room.
More than a dozen discotheques, bowling alleys, fast food establishments and nightclubs share an area with office buildings and two hotels. The fire has destroyed the Golden room, frequented by the Latin community, and the adjacent Teatre and Fonda Milagros, the latter opened in a space division that was undertaken at the time by the owners of the Teatre nightclub.
The Teatre room, in which there have been no deaths, according to its spokesperson, María Dolores Abellán, and which was mistakenly identified early this Sunday as the source of the flames, suffered another fire in 2009, although without victims. , in the façade wiring that forced the eviction of 50 clients and the inspection, by the Autonomous Community, of 40 premises of this type to check the operation of their security systems. The events in entertainment venues leave 144 dead in 45 years, this Sunday being the worst in the last 30 years.
