Alex Trelinski
A COURT has ruled out reopening a criminal investigation into the Campanar apartment block fire that claimed 10 lives in February 2024.
The Valencia Provincial Court upheld a lower bench ruling that nobody was criminally responsible for the tragedy.
It threw out an appeal from relatives of victims plus the owners and residents association(Aproicam) to overturn the Court of Instruction decision made in May which ruled the fire was an accident.
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In its ruling, the Valencia Provincial Court, said: “There is no need to formally establish accusations, agree on the transformation of the procedure to enter into preparatory phases of an oral trial nor is there any place for the practice of the proceedings requested by the parties.”
“There are no reasonable suspicions of the possible commission of a crime by any of those related to the origin of the fire, nor with any of the participants in the construction of the building or in the extinguishing of the fire,” it added.
It added: “There is no evidence of a crime to do with the manufacture of the construction elements that were installed in the building, nor with their construction or permission, nor by those who participated in the extinguishing of the fire.”
Work on restoring the apartment block started on July 1 at a cost of €20 million with the completion date expected to be before Christmas 2026.
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