Fuego del Teatro Princesa – doesn’t it sound like another event from Fallas? It kind of sounds like Cabalgata del Fuego, doesn’t it!
Well we came home from a night out this morning at 4 and got greeted by fire trucks. My heart dropped, but I was relieved to see that our house wasn’t up in flames. But it easily could have been. Instead the abandoned theater Princesa got burned to the ground. And I thought La Cremà was at the end of Fallas.
Scary thing is, this is the view from one of our rear windows. It’s a wonder that our house didn’t catch fire as well.
That was fun and we got to finally meet our neighbors.
They still don’t know what started the fire but the theater and the house where the fire started were “okupados”. That means squatters were living illegally in them. Apparently the city had been trying for years to buy the theater.
This video via Typically Spanish
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Princesa Fire Valencia Reddit | Random Good Stuff wrote,
[...] Fuego en el Teatro Princesa Valencia [...]
Link | February 27th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
AJS wrote,
Wow had not heard about it, you guys are lucky. Any smoke damage?
Last night an elderly couple stopped us in front of our building and asked us directions to the Teatro Princesa en Carmen. We did not have a clue but pointed them down Caballeros. They probably wanted to see it and reflect on some old memories.
Link | February 28th, 2009 at 11:14 am
valencia blog wrote,
AJS,
it’s really a wonder that our house still didn’t get burned and nobody got hurt. I hope this was a wake-up call for the city.
No damage at all – it’s little smoky in here but that’s all.
This was the theater I was telling you about the other day … well it’s gone now! Oh well – a nice park is not bad either. Is it done yet?
Link | February 28th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Valencià wrote,
There weren’t squatters living in the theater, but foreign beggars. Immigrants.
Link | February 28th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
valencia blog wrote,
We saw how lived in there and squatters is a general word which applies. Thank you for the note though.
Link | March 1st, 2009 at 8:25 am
Fallas Madness Reddit Friday | Random Good Stuff wrote,
[...] week was INSANE! It was almost too much – still can’t believe that right behind our house a theater as big as a city block collapsed right behind our house. And I think it took at least 3 days after the fire to release how lucky we were that our house [...]
Link | March 7th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Fire Update - Princesa, Maldonado | Hola Valencia Blog wrote,
[...] was the sad destruction of the Teatro Princesa, which was engulfed by flames a couple weeks ago. Levante reports that the city is taking charge of the destruction of the [...]
Link | March 9th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Annoy Your Neighbor CD | Random Good Stuff wrote,
[...] smoking in the middle of the day, prostitutes just down the street, drug selling, huge fire behind our house. And on top of it we got nice loving neighbors beneath us. Constant screaming, dog barking, [...]
Link | June 20th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Computer says NO! | Random Good Stuff wrote,
[...] because a gigantic crane went by our house since they were finally getting ready to deconstruct the burned down theater behind our house. Sweet with a 4 month delay. So they started today with [...]
Link | July 3rd, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Deconstruction on Teatro Princesa | Hola Valencia Blog wrote,
[...] an almost 4 month delay they have finally started the deconstruction of Teatro Princesa, which was destroyed in a fire earlier this year. Making great use of the chaos, the city has turned Calle Murillo into Construction Nightmare [...]
Link | July 5th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
The Sad, Shameful Fate of the Teatro Princesa | Hola Valencia Blog wrote,
[...] readers of the blog will remember the burning and subsequent destruction of the Teatro Princesa in the middle of the city. It was big news for [...]
Link | October 14th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
2009 – Thank God it’s Over! | Hola Valencia Blog wrote,
[...] lives were tumultuous, too. We moved twice, thanks mostly to the fire at the Teatro Princesa, and are looking forward to a quieter, more stable [...]
Link | January 7th, 2010 at 8:22 am
2010 – Here We Come | Random Good Stuff wrote,
[...] and move into a a little more comfortable place but then just one month after we moved in that crazy fired happened. And a huge theater disappeared right behind our house in addition having constructions right in [...]
Link | January 8th, 2010 at 10:37 am