Daily Mail News
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER and LAURA PARNABY, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published: 22:19 EDT, 19 June 2026 | Updated: 02:32 EDT, 20 June 2026
A huge fire at a popular tourist destination in the Dominican Republic has killed at least one person, left several people injured and forced another 1,700 people to be evacuated.
Shocking footage showed smoke billowing from a section of the Viva Dominicus Bayahibe resort in La Altagracia on Friday.
Francesca Valentino, a 46-year-old Italian woman, was killed, the Dominican Republic’s emergency service DAEH said in a statement.
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