Seven people were treated after a fire in a flat on Carrer del Doctor Robert in Badalona at about 00:24 on Thursday 6 August, according to the Servei d’Emergències Mèdiques (SEM), Catalonia’s medical emergency service.

Two people were taken to Hospital Germans Trias in Badalona in a less serious condition. Five others were treated and discharged at the scene, while residents in the building were either kept inside their flats or evacuated during the response.

Three ambulances and eight fire units deployed

SEM said it sent three ambulances and a joint SEM-Bombers team. Bombers de la Generalitat, Catalonia’s fire and rescue service, said the fire was still active when crews arrived.

“For this flat fire in Badalona, SEM treated seven people: five were discharged at the scene and two were transferred in a less serious condition to Hospital Germans Trias.”

The fire service deployed eight units to make the building safe and ventilate it after extinguishing the blaze.

  • Location: Carrer del Doctor Robert, Badalona
  • Time reported: about 00:24 on Thursday 6 August
  • People treated: seven
  • Hospital transfers: two, in less serious condition
  • Emergency response: three ambulances, one joint SEM-Bombers team and eight fire units

SEM published the casualty and deployment figures in an official update on 6 August.

Primary sources: govern.cat. Reported by Source Text Link, Adriana López, ground.news, Marta Sanz, Orsolya Gazdagi, Pere Roca Soler, callejear.com, Ángela Vázquez, El Confidencial.