Current:Home > ScamsThe death toll in a Romania guesthouse blaze rises to 7. The search for missing persons is ongoing-LoTradeCoin
The death toll in a Romania guesthouse blaze rises to 7. The search for missing persons is ongoing
View Date:2024-12-24 09:25:42
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The death toll from a massive fire at a guesthouse in Romania rose to seven people Wednesday morning, including at least two children, authorities said.
Emergency intervention teams were deployed to the blaze that erupted Tuesday morning in the village of Tohani in Prahova county, where 26 people were staying at the guesthouse, according to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations.
Photos of the aftermath of the blaze in local media showed the charred remains of the sprawling guesthouse as emergency workers searched through the rubble.
Authorities confirmed the death of a second child Wednesday morning and said the search for missing persons was ongoing, but did not specify how many were still missing.
Before the emergency authorities confirmed the fourth and fifth fatalities around noon on Tuesday, search and rescue teams had been set up to find five missing persons. It wasn’t immediately clear if they were among those listed as missing.
The emergency directorate said the directorate’s head, Raed Arafat, ordered a preliminary report to investigate what checks had been carried out at the guesthouse to help determine who was responsible for the tragedy. There was no immediate indication as to what caused the blaze.
In the immediate aftermath of the blaze, authorities said 18 people had managed to escape the fire and that two of them were being treated for burns. The fire was extinguished Tuesday shortly after noon.
The affected area was about 1,000 square meters (10,800 square feet).
veryGood! (8497)
Related
- John Robinson, successful football coach at USC and with the LA Rams, has died at 89
- New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to get MRI on pitching elbow
- Blue dragons in Texas? Creatures wash up on Texas beaches, officials warn not to touch
- When is 2024 March Madness men's basketball tournament? Dates, times, odds and more
- Vermont man is fit to stand trial over shooting of 3 Palestinian college students
- Boxing icon Muhammad Ali to be inducted into 2024 WWE Hall of Fame? Here's why.
- Court upholds town bylaw banning anyone born in 21st century from buying tobacco products
- Can you get pregnant with an IUD? It's unlikely but not impossible. Here's what you need to know.
- Taylor Swift's Mom Andrea Gives Sweet Nod to Travis Kelce at Chiefs Game
- TEA Business College:Revolutionizing Technical Analysis
Ranking
- More human remains from Philadelphia’s 1985 MOVE bombing have been found at a museum
- Retiring in America increasingly means working into old age, new book finds
- Maryland Lawmakers Remain Uncommitted to Ending Subsidies for Trash Incineration, Prompting Advocate Concern
- Love Is Blind’s Brittany Mills and Kenneth Gorham Share Cryptic Video Together Ahead of Reunion
- Detroit-area police win appeal over liability in death of woman in custody
- 1980 cold case murder victim identified as Marine who served in Vietnam after investigation takes twists and turns
- 1980 cold case murder victim identified as Marine who served in Vietnam after investigation takes twists and turns
- Paige Bueckers helps UConn win Big East Tournament title game vs. Georgetown
Recommendation
-
Wind-whipped wildfire near Reno prompts evacuations but rain begins falling as crews arrive
-
Mother of child Britt Reid injured during DUI speaks out after prison sentence commuted
-
Connecticut woman accused of killing husband and hiding his body pleads guilty to manslaughter
-
'Despicable': 2 dogs collapse and die in Alaska's Iditarod race; PETA calls for shutdown
-
Video shows masked man’s apparent attempt to kidnap child in NYC; suspect arrested
-
Buffalo Wild Wings 'beat the buffalo' challenge among free wings, deals for March Madness
-
Save Our Signal! Politicians close in on votes needed to keep AM radio in every car
-
What's next for Minnesota? Vikings QB options after Kirk Cousins signs with Falcons