Arrival of helicopter 112 to transport one of the wounded of the fire in Aranjuez. MADRID COMMUNITY EMERGENCIES 112
Two women were injured in the fire that broke out at a substandard house on a street starting from Lemus Street in Madrid’s Aranjuez municipality early Tuesday, a spokesman said Emergencies Community Madrid 112. After receiving a call at 7am alerting them to the event, the 112 mobilized two firefighters from the Autonomous Community of Madrid and Summa health workers. Sources familiar with the case say it was the women themselves who called to say someone was threatening them. “They want to burn us,” they warned on the other end of the line.
Scientific police have gone to the scene of the fire to gather evidence that will indicate whether the flames were intentional or the result of an accident. The local police have taken over the investigation. Sources close to the investigation indicate that the victims were regular drug users. The area where the substandard shelters were located is a rural area on the outskirts of Aranjuez, where several homeless people are staying and there are also buildings where farmers store farming equipment.
Upon arriving at the specified location, rescue workers began extinguishing the fire and found that two people were severely burned. Both victims were inside the building, suggesting they shared the apartment. The injured are a 43-year-old woman who was helicoptered to the main unit at La Paz University Hospital after being stabilized by Summa health teams. The other victim is a 37-year-old woman who was transferred to Getafe Hospital, also to the severe burns unit, after being treated in a mobile intensive care unit. The spokesman could not specify the extent of the burns, but since they are large burns, they affect at least 20% of her body. Both also show severe burns when inhaled.
Also this Monday, a homeless woman died in a fire in the gap of the Pedro Bosch Bridge in the Arganzuela district of the capital, where she lived. In this case, the flames were caused by two men with whom the woman and her husband shared the small, difficult-to-access room. The police arrested her a few hours later. According to the investigation, a dispute broke out between them and the perpetrators left the apartment and after a while returned to set a fire. The man was able to escape, but the woman was caught in the fire and died. When rescue workers arrived, there was nothing they could do to save his life.
A spokeswoman for Madrid City Council tells this newspaper that social services are aware that there are several homeless settlements in the area, made up mainly of Romanian gypsies who have offered help on several occasions but “reject any kind of help”. “.
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