Peralada hotel gas explosion leaves two men injured
Two men were injured, one of them critically, after a gas explosion at a rural hotel in Peralada in the early hours of the morning.
The blast happened at Can Carbó, a traditional Catalan farmhouse, or masia, that has been converted into visitor accommodation. The building has a ground floor and two upper storeys and lies within the municipality of Peralada, a few kilometres inland from Castelló d'Empúries.
Tank explosion and fire
Emergency services received the call at 2.18am. A gas tank outside the hotel exploded and the blast immediately started a fire.
The Bombers, Catalonia's fire and rescue service, sent nine ground units. On arrival, firefighters rescued two people. According to the Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques (SEM), the regional emergency medical service, the first was a 47-year-old man in critical condition. He was taken to Vall d'Hebron hospital in Barcelona. The second, a 74-year-old man, had minor injuries and was taken to Hospital Josep Trueta in Girona.
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