A fire that broke out in the underground car park of a six-storey building in Sa Coma early on Saturday morning has left 22 people suffering from smoke inhalation, five of them local police officers. The fire started in a car parked in the car park on Calle Ficus, according to sources from the Mallorca fire brigade. Around 60 residents were evacuated and others confined to their homes.
The building where the fire started consists of several blocks, each containing around 40 flats, and has six floors with underground parking. Several crews from the Alcúdia, Manacor and Artà fire stations, together with officers from the Guardia Civil and the local police forces of Sant Llorenç, Son Servera and Manacor, as well as several ambulances, were dispatched to the scene to try to extinguish the fire.
The block above the underground car park where the fire broke out ‘was completely filled with smoke’, according to Mallorca's fire chief, Xisco Bonnin, and the building had to be evacuated urgently.
Firefighters worked to extinguish the flames, control the smoke and ventilate the building. Paramedics from the Servei d’Atenció Mèdica Urgent (SAMU061) treated 22 people, including five local police officers, who suffered smoke inhalation. At around 9.30 a.m., the fire was declared under control and shortly afterwards extinguished, although ventilation work continued.