A fire ravaged a building housing a bed and breakfast establishment early Tuesday north of Romania’s capital, killing a child and four others and injuring two, emergency services said.
Three more were missing after the blaze broke out at Tohani, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Bucharest, the services said on Facebook.
The fire affected over 1,000 square metres (11,000 square feet) of the building, they said, adding that the owner of the establishment had failed to update fire security measures, which were found inadequate during a check in 2019.
Five killed in Romanian B&B fire
This handout photo taken and made available by the Inspectorate of Emergency Situations Prahova (ISU Prahova) on December 26, 2023 shows firefighters working to extinguish a fire at the site of teh 'Ferma Dacilor' guest house in Tohani, Romania. - At least one child and two adults were found charred by firefighters and ambulance crews who intervened in the morning of December 26 at the fire that broke out at the 'Ferma Dacilor' boarding house, according to the ISU Prahova. The flames that engulfed the guest house in Tohani, in Prahova county, spread over an area of approximately one thousand square meters. ISU has activated the red emergency plan and is responding with at least 50 firefighters. (Photo by Handout / ISU PRAHOVA - Inspectorate of Emergency Situations Prahova / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ISU PRAHOVA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ISU PRAHOVA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
