- Five people were killed, including a child
- At the time of the fire, the guesthouse housed 26 people
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According to authorities, five people, including a child, were killed in a major fire in a guest house in Romania.
Emergency teams were dispatched to the fire in Tohani village in Prahova County early Tuesday morning.
According to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, 26 people lived in the guest house.
Before authorities confirmed the deaths of the fourth and fifth victims, search and rescue teams were deployed to find five missing people.
It was not immediately clear whether the other two dead were among the missing.
According to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, 26 people lived in the guest house
On Tuesday afternoon, authorities said the fire had been extinguished shortly before 1 p.m. and the search for the missing people was continuing
Local authorities said the guesthouse did not have the appropriate fire safety permits
Photos of the fire shared by emergency authorities show a nearly hollowed-out building engulfed in flames as firefighters work to put it out
Authorities said 18 people escaped the fire and two were treated for burns.
The medical director of the nearby Ploiesti County Emergency Hospital, Andrei Ilinca, announced that a 47-year-old woman who suffered burns to 5% of her body, on the face and one hand, is currently in the hospital, while a 16-year-old year-old woman-age teenager was transferred to the “Grigore Alexandrescu” hospital in the capital.
He has burns of 5% of his body surface area, no problems. It is being investigated. “He remains in the plastic surgery ward at the hospital,” said Dr. Raluca Alexandru, spokesperson for the Bucharest Hospital, told Free Europe.
On Tuesday afternoon, authorities said the fire had been extinguished shortly before 1 p.m. and the search for the missing people was continuing.
The affected area was approximately 1,000 square meters. There was no indication of what caused the fire.
Photos of the fire shared by emergency authorities show a nearly hollowed-out building engulfed in flames as firefighters work to put it out.
Local authorities said the guesthouse did not have the appropriate fire safety permits.
“For the intended purpose, a substantive audit was carried out in 2019, 6 irregularities were identified, one of which was corrected during the inspection, and 6 warnings were issued,” the Emergency Situations Inspectorate said.
“At the time of the inspection, no documents were provided to the inspectors that would substantiate the date of commissioning to determine the need to request and obtain the fire safety permit/approval,” it added.