Spanish media reconstruct the stories of the 13 fatalities from the nightclub fire in Murcia, Spain, at dawn on Sunday, October 1, 2023.
They spoke with Ferney Lozano, partner of the Ecuadorian ‘Lula’ and with relatives of the spouses Jorge and Rosa; as well as John. These three are also from Ecuador. John went with his wife Marta, a native of Nicaragua.
Lozano, a Colombian, said everything happened very quickly. The power went out and he had trouble breathing.
On Wednesday, October 4, Spanish police identified the thirteen Latin Americans who died in the burned nightclubs, of Colombian (three), Nicaraguan (five) and Ecuadorian (five) nationalities, the EFE agency reported.
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⚫ Jorge, Rosa, Marta, Eric, Rafael… the 13 fatalities of the fatal nightclub fire in #Murcia https://t.co/UGrEOQupRy pic.twitter.com/TCRemvTVUJ
— ElCaso.com (@elcasocom) October 2, 2023
Jorge enjoyed a few days of rest
Three children – two boys aged 4 and 9 and a 16-year-old teenager – were born to Ecuadorians Jorge Batioja and Rosa Rosero, whose names appear on the list of fatalities from the fire in one of the three nightclubs in Las Atalayas, on the area of leisure in Murcia, Spain.
Jorge had a job as a tractor driver at an agricultural company and his partner participated in a public employment scheme, El Mundo pointed out.
They both went to celebrate the life of a Nicaraguan at the Fonda Milagros. Eric Torres turned 30 years old.
Other friends, Leidy Paola Correa and Kevin, a couple, she from Colombia and he was born in Ecuador according to the Spanish media, went with Jorge and Rosa to the evening of music and dance, which could increase the number of people to six compatriots who died in the tragedy.
Moreover, as said in a video and as El Mundo pointed out, he enjoyed a few days of rest.
Most of the people accompanying birthday boy Eric had left from the nearby town of Caravaca de la Cruz.
They were on the second floor of the Fonda Milagros nightclub, “where they were trapped.”
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Pain over the disappearance of Jorge and Rosa
According to La Voz de Galicia, the disappearance of the Ecuadorian couple “pains the town of Caravaca de la Cruz, where their neighbors emphasize their status as parents of three minors.”
They recalled that Rosa took a course in garden maintenance and maintenance at the Caravaca City Council.
Through her Facebook account, Jorge’s sister asked for help, El Mundo noted.
“If anyone has seen them in the emergency room, please tell me. Since the nightclub fire in Murcia we know nothing about them, we are desperate,” wrote Jessica Batioja.
Jorge’s friend, Brayan, said they had known each other for more than 20 years. They worked together and he remembered them traveling from Ecuador to Spain when they were very young.
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Jan loved football
Tania Angélica Martínez Salazar and her husband, John, were also present at Eric’s party. Next to a good friend who attended the party late in the evening: Rafael. They are all from Nicaragua, except John who is from Ecuador, El Español published on October 2.
In El Mundo they added that Ecuadorian John was nicknamed “El Muerto” and had several children.
They remember him as ‘a football fan, just like birthday boy Eric.’ A few years ago both had ‘participated together in amateur championships’.
The woman, Tania, was Nicaraguan and worked as a domestic worker, according to Spanish media.
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“Lula” worked as a nurse
The fourth Ecuadorian whose name appears on that painful list of fatalities is ‘Lula’. That’s what everyone called Olga Lucrecia, 56 years old and “nurse in a private clinic in Murcia.”
Together with her husband Ferney Lozano, a Colombian, she went to the nightclub on the night of Saturday September 30 and survived the fire. In the tragedy he lost ‘Lula’.
My most sincere condolences to my dear friend Ferney Lozano May God give you much strength to face that terrible and unexpected departure of your loved one.
May God grant him eternal rest and peace in his grave. #Watchtowers #Murciahttps://t.co/xEqoUhh7Hs— Jhon Castro Buitrago 💎 (@Jhoncastrobu) October 3, 2023
Lozano is a broadcaster and event entertainer in Murcia.
“My wife is missing,” he said on October 1.
Both took care of the future of ‘Lula’s’ daughter. Lozano does not mention her stepdaughter, according to Spanish media. He confessed to them, “I love her as if she were my own.”
Lozano told El Español that they went to the “disco” for the birthday of a listener of their program “El Mañanero.”
He described: “I was downstairs when people started saying there was smoke. At first it smelled burnt, then smoke came out and we couldn’t breathe. Moreover, the power went out and there was nothing to see. “That all happened in three or four minutes.”
He regretted that he had lost sight of his partner in the confusion: “My wife went from one place to another in the nightclub with her friends. “I couldn’t see where ‘Lula’ was when he filled with smoke.”
“I didn’t stop looking for Olga: I shouted her name like crazy among the people, but I couldn’t find her,” he told El Español. (JO)
Source: Eluniverso
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