Nearly 200 guests were evacuated from the 10-story hotel, however many attempted to climb down ropes of bed sheets or tossed children out of windows into firemen's nets.
[2] It was reported that those who could not jump to safety, reach the ladders, or escape from their rooms, died due to suffocation.
[4] Not long after the fire took place, conspiracy theorists voiced the opinion that ETA was the real culprit, but that its role was being silenced;[5] other sources described the event as an intentional attack.
[6] The far right and conspirationist Terrorism Victims' Association (AVT), asked for official recognition of the fire as a terrorist attack.
However, some details of the fire investigation leaked to the press, disclosing that Napalm traces might have been found in the rubble.