La Vila Joiosa decrees three days of mourning for the death of three people in the fire at their home in La Cala

• The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, visited the scene together with the president of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Toni Pérez, and the mayor Marcos Zaragoza.

Three people have died in the fire of their home in a building in Cala de la Vila Joiosa. The fire started around 2.30 in the morning in a house located on the eleventh floor of the building located at Avinguda dels Mariners number 1 in La Cala de la Vila Joiosa. The victims are three members of the same family, a grandmother, her son and her five-year-old grandson, whose bodies were found by firefighters inside the house.
 
Another 15 people were injured by smoke inhalation and, after being treated in hospital, were able to return to their homes, so no serious injuries were recorded. The residents of the building have already been able to return to their homes after being evacuated, except for three who are being re-accommodated in a local hotel.
 
The Fire Brigade of Benidorm and the Provincial Consortium of Alicante intervened in the fire, which managed to extinguish the fire in less than an hour. Likewise, they have evacuated around 120 people who live in the building, of which only three remain relocated in a hotel in the municipality. Officers from the Vila Joiosa and Finestrat Local Police have also arrived at the scene, as well as the Civil Guard, whose scientific unit is carrying out the investigation into the cause of the fire at the home.
 
The mayor of Vila Joiosa Marcos Zaragoza, the president of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Toni Peréz and the councilor for Citizen Security, Jaime Santamaría, have also traveled to the urbanization.
 
The residents of the building are cared for by the team of psychologists from the Department of Social Services of Vila Joiosa City Council.

The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, will visit the urbanization and the affected residents, together with the president of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Toni Pérez, and the mayor of Vila Joiosa, Marcos Zaragoza .
 
The Town Council of Vila Joiosa has decreed 3 days of official mourning and has called for a minute of silence, today, Tuesday, at 12 noon, in Plaça Castelar, the square of the church of Our Lady of the Assumption.