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Four men affected by smoke in Corralejo house fire, one seriously

One man was taken to hospital in a serious condition after a fire in a second-floor home on Avenida Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Corralejo.

Four men were affected by smoke after a fire in a home on Avenida Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Corralejo on 14 November. One was in a serious condition when initially assessed by medical staff.

The Canary Islands emergency coordination centre, CECOES 112, received an alert at around 6.40pm about a fire on the second floor of a building on the avenue. The call was passed to the relevant emergency services.

The seriously affected man was taken by medicalised ambulance to Hospital General de Fuerteventura. A second man, assessed as having moderate smoke inhalation, was also taken to the hospital in a basic life-support ambulance.

A third man, whose smoke inhalation was assessed as mild, was taken to Corralejo health centre in a basic life-support ambulance accompanied by primary care staff. The fourth man was attended to at the scene.