“It is a sad day for the entire sector, for our entire society. We are grieving, we are dismayed. “It is not the day to open our doors because our hearts are broken,” Jesús Jimenez, president of the Federation of Hospitality and Tourism Entrepreneurs of the Region of Murcia (HoyTú), explained in a statement.
The Federation decreed the closure of its establishments for Sunday afternoon as a sign of mourning for the tragedy that occurred in the entertainment venues in the Atalayas area of ??Murcia in the early hours of Sunday.
At least thirteen deaths is the provisional toll of the fire that occurred at six in the morning in Fonda Milagros, located in Atalayas and which spread to two other adjacent premises, including the Teatre nightclub.
The structure of the damaged premises has suffered serious damage and has collapsed, which has made it necessary to carry out reinforcement tasks to prevent new landslides and ensure the work of the rescue and emergency teams. It will take several days to undertake this work and to lower the high interior temperatures of the damaged properties, so that the agents of the Scientific and Judicial Police of the Homicide Group and the investigators of the Fire Department can work on them to determine the causes of fire.
