Houses burnt down and residents flee their homes as raging inferno engulfs Torrent
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 @ 2:26 PM
AN INFERNO near Valencia has led to two urbanisations and seven nursing homes being evacuated and numerous houses going up in flames.
Red Cross volunteers have set up 300 beds in the El Vedat sports centre in Torrent and the emergency and public safety building to house those who have had to flee their homes.
The fire broke out (Tuesday) at around noon in Torrent close to the Torres de Calicanto residential complex, and this and the urbanisation Santo Domingo in neighbouring Chiva, as well as 15 homes in the rural outskirts have been evacuated together with four nursing homes in Torrent and three in Chiva.
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