The Prosecutor’s Office has decided open an investigation about the fire that a week ago caused ten deaths in a psychogeriatric residence in Villafranca de Ebro (Aragón), according to Efe.
The worst tragedy in a psychogeriatric home so far this century occurred on Friday, November 15, in the Zaragoza municipality of Villafranca de Ebro, where at least ten people inmates at the local residence died in a fire that broke out in a room shortly before five in the morning. Some theses suggested that the main thesis that led the investigation as the cause of the fire was a half-extinguished cigarette, although it was not confirmed by official sources.
The opening of the investigation by the chief prosecutor of Zaragoza thus responds to the requirement of the Patient Advocate Association, who requested in a letter the opening of an ex officio investigation into an event. According to this entity, there are many unresolved answers, especially the reason for so many deaths recorded when the fire started in a room.
Event
The notice was received at 4.57 hours on Friday at 112 alerting that there was a fire in this center specialized in dementia and mental health for the elderly, located on Alfonso Bes Labarta street in Villafranca de Ebro, and the two workers at the residence, together with neighbors, were in charge of evacuating to residents.
25 firefighters from the Zaragoza City Council, three tanks, a ladder truck, an ambulance, an advanced command post (PMA) and a command vehicle traveled to the scene of the accident. Later, a bus, a heavy mother pump and a tool van were added.
The firefighters They spent an hour putting out the flames and upon entering they found the bodies of some residents and the cause of death was smoke inhalation, since the flames only affected the room where the fire originated, which had a fire door.
Jardines de Villafranca had 69 inmates at the time of the incident, although it usually has one more user, but he was admitted to the hospital. It has capacity for 72 people, of which 32 are agreed with the Government of Aragon, 15 of them for wards.
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