A fire broke out at 2:33 AM in the bar El Barri, on Sant Martí street in Lleida, forcing the preventive evacuation of two people from the upper floor of the building. The Guardia Urbana evacuated them and the SEM transferred them to the Arnau de Vilanova hospital in Lleida for smoke inhalation poisoning.
The fire affected a storage room and the restaurant area of the establishment, but did not cause structural damage to the premises or the upper building. This is the main contrast of the incident: the fire was contained in two areas of the bar, although the smoke reached the neighbors above.
Firefighters extinguished the fire with four units on Sant Martí street
Bombers de la Generalitat mobilized four units after receiving the early morning alert. The teams put out the flames and ventilated both the bar and the upper floor of the building.
During the intervention, the personnel confirmed that the fire had not caused structural damage. The action focused on extinguishing the fire in the storage room and the restaurant area, the two damaged rooms within El Barri.
The SEM transferred two less serious affected individuals to Arnau de Vilanova
The Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques activated an ambulance to attend to the two people evacuated by the Guardia Urbana. The service confirmed that both were evacuated in less serious condition to the Arnau de Vilanova hospital in Lleida.
Hours after the fire, the establishment itself posted a message on social media to inform about the situation. In that statement, the bar assured that all its workers and managers were fine after the incident.
"We are all fine and we are working to reopen as soon as possible" - bar El Barri, statement posted on social media
The fire alert was received at 2:33 AM and the fire affected the storage room and the restaurant area of the bar El Barri, on Sant Martí street in Lleida.