A man has suffered serious injuries this morning as a result of a fire in the municipality of Santa Eulària, where a building with more than 30 people had to be evacuated.
The residents of the building at number 29 des Riu street lived moments of tension this Tuesday due to a fire declared on the fourth floor of a building in front of the Riomar Hotel. The event, which occurred around 06:00 hours, forced the eviction of between 30 and 40 people residing in the affected block. The fire has left a balance of two injured, one of them in serious condition. According to 061, it is a 45 year-old man with severe burns who has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Can Misses hospital. From the Health Area have detailed that the victim could be stabilized and will be transferred to the Burn Unit of the Hospital La Paz in Madrid in “critical condition”. In addition, about twenty people, including 18 neighbors and two agents of the Guardia Civil, were attended by the medical team for smoke inhalation. The operation deployed to deal with the emergency has had the participation of three teams of the Local Police of Santa Eulària, along with the head of service and the team of attestations, as well as six members of the Fire Department of Ibiza, a corporal, a non-commissioned officer and personnel of the units of Advanced and Basic Life Support. At this moment, the firefighters continue working on extinguishing the fire and the work of ventilation of the affected building. The Santa Eulària Town Hall has informed that efforts are focused on securing the area and ensuring the safety of residents.
