An elderly woman in Valencia is trapped in a fire in a bathroom she hasn’t been in for years.

At the insistence of his family, who wanted to put him in a dormitory, and that the case is now in the hands of the prosecutor. Social services, The woman, who was not legally incapable, continued to live under the same roof of her own free will in these dire conditions, but with her husband, whom she no longer lives with and is in the process of separating.

There were frequent arguments between the couples, and the residents complained that they had to go to the property many times. Benetússer Local Police Both for such services, and for accusations interspersed with insults, as well as for incidents involving loud music in the bathroom, or because the old woman locked herself in the house and refused to let her husband in.

Due to these conflicting histories in the marriage and the situation where the body of the already dead and completely burned woman was found, the possibility of the fire being intentional was initially considered, but this hypothesis was practically rejected after the image. home inspection by the Civil Guard, waiting for autopsy result.

Apparently, the fire may have accidentally started in a brazier that the eighty-year-old used to warm himself. “He was plugging the device in 24 hours a day, we had already told him that someday there would be misfortune,” admitted a relative of Adoración regretfully. Moreover, because of this excessive and inappropriate use of the barbecue, he had already burned several. “We had to buy him a new one every two months”It denotes this family member who is tasked with bringing and heating food for him so that he can eat in the toilet.

The old woman was found in the bathroom, where she had barely gotten up, covered with a blanket that was presumably on fire. This, along with her mobility difficulties, prevented the woman from escaping the fire in time. His wife, who was also disabled and was later evacuated to the hospital due to being affected by smoke, managed to get into the bathroom and tried to get him out, but there was nothing he could do to save her.

He was the one who reported the fire that broke out at 00.00. This Monday at 10:00 am at number one in Plaza Lepanto de Benetússer, after calling the emergency number 112. Benetússer Local Police agents rushed to the scene a few meters from the police checkpoint. The police managed to save the 86-year-old man. But when they were able to put out the fire and enter the bathroom where the woman was, despite risking their integrity, the old woman was already dead.

Many firefighters attended the scene. Valencia Provincial Consortium and patrols Civil Guard, as well as a SAMU ambulance and Basic Life Support. The wife of the victim, who was taken to the Doctor Peset Hospital in Valencia due to the effects of the smoke, of the 6 people who were treated by the health teams and after the couple’s 53-year-old daughter had an anxiety attack. In addition 4 cops breathing smoke while trying to save the two residents of the house.

“Very Strong Anger”

“Heavy” and “very angry”. This is how Adoración’s relatives describe him, who made every effort to persuade him to enter a residence or at least leave the situation in which he lived. locked for almost three years without barely getting out of the bathroom. He also did not meet with the city council’s social services, who were examining his case and suggesting alternatives to him.

“Pepe would go to the bar or sit on a bench in the square so as not to hear her arguing,” they explain her husband’s attitude. Likewise, neighborhood sources say that although the husband is fed up with this situation, he was very impressed by what happened after he was rescued: “My wife is up, my wife is up!” He repeated that he was constantly worried about his condition.