Number of deaths in residential building fire in ValenciaSpain, rose to tenafter the Scientific and Judicial Police discovered this Saturday a new body in a burnt building, the Spanish government delegation to the Valencian Community region reported.
Early Saturday morning, agents from the Scientific Forensic Police Brigade re-entered the building to inspect it and discovered a body that He joins nine found Friday. and that it will correspond to the missing person.
The Spanish government’s delegate to the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabe, assured the media that its consideration would continue. “step by step” building, although no more casualties are expected.
Barnabas explained that the tasks were very difficult and There is a lot of garbage inside the building.
At the same time, he emphasized that victims are at the identification stage, and this is no less difficult task, which DNA testing required do this with all guarantees, although we will try to do this as soon as possible.
Consequently, he considered it premature to talk about the date of the funeral.
The bodies of the victims were taken to Institute of Forensic Medicine of Valenciawhere teams were strengthened to conduct autopsies.
A government delegate confirmed that two firefighters injured in the fire were still in hospital and paid particular tribute to members of the body: “It was very difficult and we saw firefighters who thought they were saying goodbye to their jobs at this point.” and even with your life. . We’ve seen terrible images“.
The city lives this Saturday his second day of official mourning for a fire that destroyed a building containing 138 homes on Thursday.
On the night local time, a fire checkpoint along with a security device was located in the area of the burnt building as a preventive measure.
A minute’s silence was observed in his memory at noon local time in Town Hall Square in the eastern Spanish city. about 800,000 inhabitants.
Of the people who lived in the two-block building, about a hundred slept in hotels in the city, where it is estimated they could have spent a week waiting for access to the 131-home building, recently acquired by the city council, which will be available to you.
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The investigation into the cause of the incident remains top secret, and the area around the building remains closed to traffic and under police surveillance.
The area remains fenced off to facilitate investigations, and some townspeople place bouquets of flowers next to the fences.
Spanish Government President Pedro Sánchez traveled to Valencia on Friday to offer all necessary executive assistance.