Overview
- The fatal blaze erupted around 2 a.m. Saturday on the 16th floor of a building on Avenida Profesor López Piñero in Valencia, where the victim was found in her bedroom.
- A 26-year-old caregiver was rescued from a balcony; ten police officers were treated for smoke inhalation, one was taken to La Fe, and the building concierge was sent to Hospital General.
- A judge ordered the removal of the body for transfer to the Institute of Legal Medicine as the Policía Científica investigates the fire’s origin.
- Earlier Friday, a fire in Alaquàs left 17 neighbors treated for smoke inhalation and a 40-year-old resident hospitalized with burns, with initial reports pointing to a heater as the likely source.
- Additional incidents included a Quart de Poblet fire where five people were rescued and two were transported to Hospital de Manises, and an Albaida fire that led to four patients being taken to Lluís Alcanyís in Xàtiva.