Overview
- Spain's Public Prosecutor filed a written accusation seeking to open an oral trial for seven people, charging them with homicide by gross negligence, injuries, and worker-safety offenses, and requesting prison terms from eight and a half to four years.
- The accused include Daniel R. R. of Fonda Milagros, Teatre administrators Juan I. R. and Marco Andrés M. A., Teatre manager Eva María M. A., engineer Carlos José F. B., spark-machine owner Alfonso G. M., and DJ-organizer Juan Carlos R. R.
- Investigators attribute the blaze to the negligent use of a cold-spark fountain machine owned by Alfonso G. M., for whom the prosecutor seeks seven years and nine months in prison.
- The case cites systemic failures that raised the risk and speed of the fire, including a 2017 unauthorized split of the shared warehouse, operations without required licenses despite city orders to stop, no approved emergency or fire-safety plans, and no fire-risk training for staff.
- The prosecutor seeks nearly €5.3 million in compensation for families, injured patrons, and damaged neighboring businesses, designates insurers as directly liable and Teatre as subsidiarily liable, proposes more than 80 witnesses and 15 experts, and awaits the court's decision on admitting the charges and setting a date.