The psychogeriatric residence of Villafranca de Ebro (Zaragoza), in which ten people died this Friday and two were injured, complied with the anti-fire regulations and the recommended ratio of one worker for every 35 residents on the night shift. This was reported to EFE by sources from the Government of Aragon who explained that the center had the corresponding activity license from both the regional Executive and the city council and complied with the staff to number of residents ratio advised by the technicians.
Furthermore, the residence Villafranca Gardens had the certificate, dated February 2023, maintenance of fire protection facilities.
Aragón is experiencing a day of mourning this Saturday, decreed this Friday by the president, Jorge Azcón, due to the fire that occurred in this residence, in which ten people died and two others were injured and taken to the Royo Villanova Hospital of the Aragonese capital.
Of the two injured, one of them, 72 years old, was already taken to the ward this Friday after remaining under observation in the Emergency Room in the morning, while the other, a 65-year-old man, remains admitted to the ICU in stable condition, in serious condition.
The 57 residents who were unharmed were relocated this Friday to the Vitalia Huesca residencewhere they feel well, “calm and in a period of adaptation” and are receiving visits from their families.
The mayor of Villafranca de Ebro will travel there this Saturday, Volga Ramirezalong with the rest of the corporation to visit them and convey the affection of a population of 860 inhabitants, located 30 kilometers from the Aragonese capital, which remains dismayed by what happened and whose neighbors have been touched by the tragedy due to the existing coexistence in a small town .
The Civil Guard continues investigations to determine the causes of the fire that originated in one of the rooms of the residence, in which elderly dependents and people with mental illness were admitted, and whose origin could be a cigar that a resident had smoked in one of the damaged rooms.
The official flags in the public buildings of Aragon will fly at half-mast outside and with a crepe on the top of the mast inside until the end of this day of mourning.
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