Firefighters Extinguish Small Apartment Fire in Andorra la Vella
A minor blaze in a first-floor dining room at 20 Avinguda Tarragona was contained within 15 minutes on Friday, with no injuries reported and pets.
Key Points
- Fire started in dining room of first-floor apartment; extinguished in 15 minutes.
- Alert at 12:35pm; two fire crews, police, and traffic agents responded.
- Area cordoned, one lane closed; no evacuation needed.
- Resident saved turtle and dog; cause unknown, no damage details.
Firefighters extinguished a small fire in the dining room of a first-floor apartment at number 20 Avinguda Tarragona in Andorra la Vella on Friday, containing the flames within 15 minutes with no injuries reported.
The alert came in at 12:35pm, prompting two fire crews with ladder trucks, the shift commander, a police patrol, and traffic agents to respond. Responders cordoned off the area to keep pedestrians away and closed one downhill lane toward Sant Julià de Lòria for emergency vehicles, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
No evacuation was needed, though some neighbours took shelter in the building's lobby. One affected resident rescued pets—a turtle and a dog—from the apartment. Firefighters ventilated the premises after putting out the small blaze. The cause remains unknown, and authorities have provided no further details on damage.
All emergency units left the scene by 1:15pm.
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