June 20, 2026 — 6:03pm
Santo Domingo : A woman was killed and nearly 1700 tourists were evacuated due to a large fire at a hotel in the Dominican beach resort of Bayahibe, local authorities said on Friday.
Francesca Valentino, a 46-year-old Italian woman, was killed in the fire at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel, the country’s Directorate of Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care Services (DAEH) said in a statement.
Three people were taken to medical facilities and six others were treated on site, DAEH said. Those affected included guests, visitors and emergency responders.
Videos shared by local media showed dark clouds of smoke billowing out above the Caribbean coastline, as flames engulfed the resort’s straw roof.
