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A MASSIVE fire that broke out in a highrise apart ment block in Benidorm in the early hours of Sunday, May 21, left residents rushing to safety on the roof. According to the Provin cial Consortium of Ali cante, five fire appliances were deployed to the lo cation at No25 Calle Es peranto, just after 5am. In a post on their official Facebook page, the Fire Department wrote: “Up to five crews extinguished a tricky house fire early this morning in Benidorm.
Some neighbours were evacuated and treated for smoke inhalation.” They had the fire under control just before 6am with the stranded resi dents subsequently es corted to safety. Although there were no injuries re ported, some had to be treated for smoke intoxi cation. At 9.39 the blaze was declared extinguished. Along with the five appli ances and crews, a com mand unit was dispatched to the scene along with a heavy pump, a heavy ru
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ral pump, and a turntable ladder appliance. A total of nine firefighters tackled the fire assisted by a sergeant and two corpo rals from the Benidorm Fire Station. The incident was the second large fire to occur in Benidorm in the space of a week. A spectacular blaze broke out last week on wasteground near a residential area. Thick black plumes of smoke could be seen from all across the town as piles of rubbish burned fiercely.
HIGH-RISE: The fire burned fiercely.
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Issue No. 1977