Three people have been injured and more than 300 people evacuated following a fire at a packed Costa hotel.<\/p>\n
The blaze started on the third floor of the five-floor Caleta Palace Hotel in the Costa Brava resort of Platja d\u2019Aro just north of Lloret de Mar.<\/p>\n
Staff at the four-star beachfront hotel are said to have saved lives after rapidly evacuating holidaymakers before the emergency services arrived and firefighters started tackling the blaze.<\/p>\n
The alarm was raised just before 7.30pm on Friday.<\/p>\n
Three people suffered smoke inhalation. It was not clear if they were hotel workers or tourists.<\/p>\n
Guests staying on the third floor had to be found alternative accommodation overnight after fire crews brought the blaze under control.<\/p>\n
Firefighters said in an initial message on X: \u201cWe are working with nine units following a 999 alert at 7:25pm about a fire at a hotel in Castell-Platja d’Aro.<\/p>\n
“The five-floor building has been evacuated. A room on the third floor is burning.\u201d<\/p>\n
A regional emergency service co-ordination centre subsequently said: \u201cThree people were attended to.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo were transported in mild condition due to smoke inhalation to Palamos Hospital, and one, also with minor injuries, was discharged at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n