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Date Published: 31/10/2023
VIDEO: English retiree rescued from Orihuela Costa house explosion
The 82-year-old was pulled from the second floor of his La Florida duplex and suffered serious burns
An 82-year-old man, reportedly from England, had a miraculous escape on Tuesday October 31 when an explosion in an upstairs room set his Orihuela Costa house alight. Emergency services were called to the home at number 9 Calle Osa Mayor in La Florida shortly before 8am.
When firefighters arrived, they were told that two women and a man were inside the house, which was billowing plumes of black smoke and flames from the upper storey. The man made his way to the second floor balcony where he was rescued by neighbours, who managed to get him onto the terrace of an adjoining property, but not before sustaining multiple burns to his legs.
He was transferred to the University Hospital of Torrevieja hospital for treatment, along with two Orihuela Local Police officers who had suffered smoke inhalation. The other two occupants escaped without injury and the fire was brought under control by 9am.
Upon arriving at the popular residential street, firefighters reported seeing “a lot of smoke and flames” and the house has been “severely affected,” with extensive smoke and fire damage to the first and second floors.
According to early investigations, the fire may have been due to the explosion of a small appliance on the upper floor, where the victim's bedroom is located, where he was at the time of the event.
"Due to the thermal load inside the room, the window explodes and a fire breaks out, generating a chimney effect with all the smoke escaping outside," once source concluded.
La Florida is a busy urbanisation especially popular with expat retirees and while several local reports claim the injured man is English, his nationality is yet to be confirmed by the authorities.
Images: Bomberos Alicante
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