23 Aug, 2023 @ 10:22
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Girl, 8, dies in fire at popular camping resort in Spain

AN eight-year-old girl has died in a fire at a popular camping site in Spain. 

The tragic youngster had been staying in a bungalow in Montblanc, Tarragona when the property became ablaze at around 4:55am on Wednesday. 

The Generalitat Fire Department raced to the scene with five trucks and 15 crew members. 

They arrived to discover a fully developed fire in one of the bungalows at Montblanc Park. 

The tragic youngster had been staying in a bungalow in Montblanc, Tarragona when the property became ablaze at around 4:55am on Wednesday. 

Other holidaymakers were fleeing the scene but it quickly transpired the little girl was missing. 

Firefighters desperately searched for her outside the property while battling the flames. 

The inferno was finally extinguished at 6.16 am. 

It was then that the body of the girl was discovered inside the burnt down building. 

The Mossos d’Esquadra police force has launched an investigation into what started the fire. 

The family of the girl are receiving psychological support.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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