At five in the morning, the only two workers in the psychogeriatric hospital in Villafranca de Ebro (Zaragoza) raised the alarm when a room in the left wing was engulfed in flames. They called 112 and notified the mayor of the town, with barely 800 inhabitants and 20 minutes from the capital, and began to help the residents escape from the smoke caused by the flames, isolated in the room thanks to the firewall system and the security door that allowed the rapidity of the extinction and that it did not spread to the rest of the units. Eduardo J. Sánchez, chief of the Zaragoza Fire Department, has indicated that the emergency services arrived around five and means to extinguish the fire. Although the majority of inmates are safe and were able to leave the center, firefighters had problems removing the deceased, nine of them due to smoke inhalation and one burned by the fire. The ten bodies have been transferred to the Forensic Anatomical Institute of Zaragoza and the relatives are assisted by psychologists and social workers in a room set up in the Town Hall. While at noon the rest of the residents have been transferred to the Vitalia residence in the city of Huesca and their relatives have been trickling to the nursing home to check the condition of their relatives, also with psychological care. Related News standard No Ten people die and two are in critical condition after a fire in a nursing home in Zaragoza Javier Palomo and Érika MontañésJosé Ángel, son of Pilar Queralt, is calmer after see his 98 year old mother. “Some are more nervous – the inmates – but not my mother, she is fine and we have also calmed down when we see her,” he says. It must be taken into account that due to their disabilities, some have not noticed the tragedy, except for the shock when they were woken up in the middle of the night. The mayor, Volga Ramírez, walks in front of the Jardínes de Villafranca psychogeriatric home, in Villafranca de Ebro, Zaragoza Ramón CometAlfonso and Paloma have rushed to the residence as soon as “they saw the news in the media.” «My 81-year-old father José is totally deaf, so he didn’t hear anything when they shouted ‘fire!’. The two workers have saved his life,” Alfonso explained. “My father was nervous, restless, but he is already on his way to Huesca and we are better from the initial shock.” In general, all the relatives have highlighted the work of the center agreed with the Government of Aragon. “Unmade” staff The president of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, who moved to the residence mid-morning, has called for an investigation into the cause initial of the tragic event, although it has influenced that if it is necessary to review the assistance protocols in these centers, its Executive will do so. At the time of the tragedy there were only two workers. The director, Carmen, “can’t not talk,” says Ramírez, all the center staff “are broken.” From Logroño, specialists from the Civil Guard in infrastructure have also arrived around noon to check the property and they will be the ones who will point out possible causes of the event. Ignacio Laguna, parish priest of the town for seven years Ramón CometIgnacio Laguna, parish priest of the town for seven years , he fraternized with some of the victims who had clung to the faith, and in fact he says that as soon as they learned of the death of their relatives, some of them entered the open parish to pray. They have left “calmly”, even though it is “very sad news, a gigantic tragedy,” he explains. The priest has commented that there are people of very different ages among the residents. The youngest of the deceased was 60 years old, confirmed the mayor of the town, Volga Ramírez. There are also different origins among the dead: the parish priest of the diocese of Zaragoza comments on the case of a man from the north of Spain, there are also people from Burgo de Osma (Soria), Calanda (Teruel)… In front of the Church, where it is located The City Council, the municipal corporation and the residents of this municipality have observed a minute of silence.
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