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Massive fire at Dominican beach resort kills one, evacuates 1,700 tourists

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A fire engulfed the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel in the Dominican Republic, killing 46‑year‑old Italian tourist Francesca Valentino and injuring several others. About 1,700 guests were evacuated, with three patients taken to hospitals and six treated on site.

  1. DO
    Center for Emergency Operations
    1. Tourist activities in Bayahibe and the surrounding area remain unaffected and continue to take place safely and as normal.
    2. Preliminary observations indicate that the fire spread rapidly due to the flammable ⁠nature of parts of the roof structures made of palm, as well as wind conditions.
  2. DO
    Amanda Santana
    Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace
    1. We have been coordinating with the embassies and governments of those countries to facilitate the entry of those guests.
    2. Unfortunately, they lost their identity documents, including their passports.

sources

  1. 1.The New York Times
  2. 2.Arab News
  3. 3.The Straits Times
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.PBS News
  6. 6.CNN
  7. 7.ABC News
  8. 8.Hindustan Times
  9. 9.Euronews
  10. 10.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Fire
  2. 2.Tourism

countries

  1. 1.Dominican RepublicDO
  2. 2.ItalyIT

organizations

  1. 1.Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace
  2. 2.Center for Emergency Operations
  3. 3.DAEH
  4. 4.Wyndham Hotels and Resorts

persons

  1. 1.Francesca Valentino
  2. 2.Amanda SantanaDO
  3. 3.Gojko Culibrk
  4. 4.Juan Manuel MendezDO

technicals

  1. 1.Caribbean Sea
Massive fire at Dominican beach resort kills one, evacuates 1,700 tourists