Hundreds of tourists were evacuated after a fire broke out at a Tenerife holiday hotel where a guest subsequently plunged to his death from a third-floor balcony.
The double drama occurred last night at the four-star Melia Costa Atlantis Hotel in the northern port city of Puerto de la Cruz.
The evacuation order is said to have affected 490 guests including several Brits, pictured as they stood outside the hotel in the dark while firefighters entered and left the premises.
The nationality of the 23-year-old tourist who died after the balcony plunge from the room where the blaze started has not yet been revealed.
The cause is still being investigated, although local reports are pointing to a mattress in the room catching fire.
A regional government-run emergency response coordination centre confirmed the hotel death and fire early this morning.
It said: ‘The first emergency calls were received at just after 9pm last night, saying a fire had broken out at a hotel in Venezuela Avenue in Puerto de la Cruz.
‘Firefighters, ambulances and police were sent to the scene and police began the evacuation of the hotel once they arrived.
Hundreds of tourists were evacuated after a fire broke out at a Tenerife holiday hotel
The nationality of the 23-year-old tourist who died after the balcony plunge from the room where the blaze started has not yet been revealed
The evacuation order is said to have affected 490 guests including several Brits, pictured as they stood outside the hotel in the dark while firefighters entered and left the premises
‘While they were there we were informed a man who turned out to be a 23-year-old client had plunged from a hotel balcony for reasons that are still being investigated.
‘He was confirmed dead at the scene as a result of the injuries he suffered.
‘The blaze was brought under control and put out. It affected a room which was ventilated afterwards.’
The hotel has yet to make any official comment on its social media.
None of the tourists evacuated were hurt and they were allowed to return to their rooms shortly after being ordered to leave.
