More than a hundred guests in the Alexander hotel in Abano, who were evacuated last night because of the fire that hit the structure, have already returned to their places of residence, living in cities in the North, especially Veneto and Lombardy, without more than a few hours from the spa.
By and large they are About fifty tourists were brought to or showed up directly at the emergency room due to smoke inhalation problems or because of the state of shock. The rest, around a hundred, were redistributed during the night – also thanks to the work of the Federal Berghin Abano and Montegrotto – in hotels located in the immediate vicinity of the Alexander.
The fire broke out shortly after midnight in the Alexander hotel in Abano Termein the province of Padua. Firefighters fully extinguished the fire at 7.30 this morning. The flames, for reasons yet to be ascertained, started from a technical room on the second floor and smoke invaded the entire structure with 273 guests, all of whom were brought to safety.
The firefighters came immediately from Abano followed by Padua, Piove di Sacco, Rovigo and with the volunteers from Borgoricco with around thirty operators and 9 vehicles, including two ladder trucks and an aerial platform. A family of three with a small child who was stuck on the sixth floor were rescued and taken to the ground with the ladder truck. All guests were assisted with comfort items and relocated to other hotel facilities in the area. The firefighters recovered the guests’ belongings.
Two children were also hospitalized
Of the approximately 270 guests at the hotel where a fire broke out in a technical panel on the second floor, 31 were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation in the city hospital’s Day Surgery which was opened on an extraordinary basis for the emergency, which broke out at 0.33 am Of the people who were treated at the Abano Polyclinic, among them an 11-year-old child with his mother, and an elderly woman with a more complicated clinical picture due to heart disease is still under the care of health workers. The healthcare operations ended around 8am. Instead, 9 adults and a child were transferred to Padua and 2 adults to the Schiavonia hospital. “The Abano Polyclinic – stressed Nicola Petruzzi, president of the Abano Polyclinic – immediately responded to the maximum emergency with personnel and vehicles that serve the 118 of Padua and the internal one of the Emergency Room, the other departments and the Management We. It can be defined as an exceptional event managed in the best possible way thanks to the skills of all our operators and the organization put in place to deal with a high influx of people in need of care” .
‘Alexander’ is one of the biggest in Abano
Hotel Alexander Palace one of the Abano Terme’s best known and largest hotelsespecially as a venue for conferences and conventions. For the past few days he has been hosting conventions dedicated to holistic themes. In the past it was chosen above all for political conferences, when Veneto was the ‘white whale’, the DC.
Equipped with 192 rooms, four starswellness spa center, has one of the largest conference rooms in the area, up to 900 seats. Owned by a tour operator from Rimini, it underwent a major renovation towards the end of the 90s.
The external image is quite modern, with a large facade of blue glass and steel. It is located in via Martiri d’Unità, in the center of the spa town, almost in front of the Abano hospital.
For the Spa area of Abano and Montegrotto, known throughout Europe, October is a high season month, with hotel occupancy of almost 90%. In the case of Abano alone, it is estimated that no less than 10 thousand guests will be present in recent weeks.