The fire occurred on Sunday night and required the action of eight fire brigades
A tragedy shook Mollet this Sunday night, when a woman died due to a fire that originated at number 5 Ramon Casas street, on the corner with Anselm Clavé. The Mossos d’Esquadra are investigating the circumstances of the fire, which also injured two other people.
Firefighters located the fire in a room and found the lifeless body of the victim
Firefighters were notified of the fire at 7:58 p.m. and went to the scene. The fire started on one of the floors of the second floor and spread quickly. Firefighters entered the home to extinguish the flames and search for its occupants. In one of the rooms, which was completely charred, they found the lifeless body of a 94-year-old woman. The other two people who lived in the building, a 72-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, were able to get out of the building on their own. They were treated and taken to the hospital in Mollet del Vallès by the medical emergency services (SEM), which mobilized 3 units.
Residents of the building were confined until firefighters secured the area
The firefighters, who had eight equipment: three water vehicles, a self-escalator, a respiratory equipment van, three command with the deputy chief of territorial coordination, and the sanitary unit of the GROS (Operative Support Group) with a EMS nurse, they declared the fire under control at 8:45 p.m. and checked the rest of the floors. During the fire, they confined some of the residents of the four-storey building (with four floors in each of them) plus an attic (with two floors) until the firemen confirmed that the area was safe to evacuate the blog Around 10.40 pm, with the building ventilated and smoke-free, the residents were able to return to their respective homes.
The Mossos d’Esquadra are in charge of the investigation into the causes of the fire and the judicial proceedings
The Mossos d’Esquadra have opened an investigation to clarify the causes of the fire and have carried out the corresponding judicial tasks. At the scene, local police officers have also collaborated.
