An overload in the socket in the living room at door 52 – located on the 11th floor of the building – has been the cause of the fire that has claimed the life of a family in La Vila Joiosa: a woman, her son and her barely-aged grandson. 5 years they couldn’t escape the flames. Three victims who, together with the 10 from the fateful Campanar fire, bring the number of people killed in their homes by the fire to 13 in just 11 days.
The causes of the fire were detailed this Monday by the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, who thanked the Civil Guard for the quick work to clarify the origin of the flames that have burned this apartment and forced the eviction of 120 residents.
The fire occurred this morning, around 2:30 am, in a house located on the eleventh floor of the building located on Avenida dels Mariners number 1 in La Cala de la Vila Joiosa, which has 24 floors, specifically in tower 3 .
Fortunately, the Valencian president commented, the fire alarm worked and the majority of residents were able to leave the building on their own or with the help of the firefighters. Mazón has pointed out that this evacuation was not “necessary from a technical point of view” but was carried out “in an orderly manner” for the “greater peace of mind” of the residents, in whose minds what happened a few days ago in the Valencian neighborhood was. of Campanar.
However, the head of the Consell, who has interrupted his schedule to travel to the scene of the accident, has explained that all those affected have been able to return to their homes with the exception of the family that lived in the adjacent home, which has been relocated to a hotel. from this town in the Marina Baixa. Mazón has reported that the Department of Housing will open public housing in the next few days in the nearby town of Benidorm in case it is necessary to house this family.
