Fire flat kills three including two minors: A woman and her two youngest children, one of 3 years old and one of a few months old, have died Thursday in a fire that has been declared in her flat in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona).

The fire, of great virulence, was unleashed around 06.30 am on the fourth floor, second floor of number 140, on Riera Blanca street in L'Hospitalet, near the municipal district of Barcelona.

Up to the scene of the events have been displaced nine endowments of the Fire, nine units of the Emergency Medical System (SEM), including the pediatric, eight patrols of the Mossos d'Esquadra and local police.

Fire flat kills three including two minors

Firefighters have explained that the notice was received at 06.40 and that the first crew of the body arrived in the area eight minutes later.

The flames have spread rapidly through the house, of small dimensions, where five people lived and in which there were numerous mattresses and clothes, which has made it possible for the fire, extinguished in 35 minutes, to spread throughout the floor.

When the firefighters arrived, one of the three women inside the house had already died, so they were only able to evacuate the other two, one of whom has fled through the facade of the inner courtyard of the building , and the two minors.

Shortly after, the SEM has confirmed the death of the two minors, children of the deceased woman, one of three years old and another of a few months, who has died in the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, where he had been transferred in a situation of "maximum criticality ».

The other two women evacuated have been transferred to the hospital in a mild state due to smoke inhalation.

The mayor of L'Hospitalet, Núria Marín, has advanced that the origin of the accident could be due to an electrical overload inside the house, although the Firemen have insisted that the causes are still unknown, which are being investigated by the body of the Mossos d'Esquadra.

For his part, the first deputy mayor of the City Council, Francesc Belver, has defined the accident as a fortuitous accident and has ruled out indications of irregularity with the electricity company: "It was a normal family in a current flat and they paid their rent", detailed .

Belver explained that the victims were probably sleeping when the smoke, whose inhalation has caused the death of the three relatives, has awakened them.
Santi Lleonart, head of the Southern Metropolitan Emergency Region, has indicated that the fire has not caused structural damage to the building, which has a total of six floors, so that people who have been evicted early this Thursday and They have been able to return to their homes.

Mayor Núria Marín has decreed three days of official mourning in memory of the three people who have lost their lives in this fire and has ensured that social services will continue to give attention to all the neighbors who need it.

The president of the Generalitat, Quim Torra, and the interior minister, Miquel Buch, have expressed their support and condolences to the relatives of the victims of that event, which they have described as "tragedy".

The PSOE has shown through Twitter its support for the relatives, friends and neighbors of the three deceased, while the candidate of the United We can the generals, Pablo Iglesias, has been "saddened" by this "tragic news" and has transferred his condolences to the relatives of the victims.