The Civil Guard’s investigations into the fire at a residence in the town of Valdesoto, in the Asturian council of Siero, point to a cigarette as the probable cause of the flames. This is what El Comercio points out, citing police sources, who emphasize that the first hypotheses indicate that she fell asleep with the cigarette lit.
A woman died and another 27 people have been affected, three of them seriously and twenty-four mildly, due to smoke inhalation. The Emergency Coordination Center of 112 Asturias received the notification at 12:23 a.m. last Wednesday and the firefighters dispatched to the scene declared the fire under control after one-thirty in the morning.
The deceased is a resident who was located in a room on the first floor of the three-story building affected by the flames.
The Minister of Social Services and Welfare, Melania Álvarez, stated this Thursday that the users relocated due to the fire in Palacio de Leceñes can return “in a couple of weeks” to their usual residence center “with complete normality.”
At this time, some users have been relocated to the Mixed Residence in Gijón, two in Riaño and 14 in Lugones. The people who register, as explained by the counselor, will foreseeably go to Lugones, which is prepared to welcome more residents.
On the other hand, the families of three affected users who have been discharged are with their families until the Leceñes Palace returns to normal. In addition, eleven people relocated have not had to be admitted, but due to the effects of the fire in the center, it was necessary to relocate them so that the center can carry out adaptation work after the damage caused by the fire.
Álvarez has highlighted the “professionalism” of the ERA centers that, in the face of an emergency situation, respond to a “priority” in Asturias “which is care for the elderly.”
