Europe23 September, 20262 min read
Fire Devastates La Querola Luxury Complex in Ordino, Andorra, Leaving Six Buildings Destroyed
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Fire destroyed seven La Querola blocks in Ordino, a luxury complex under construction. No casualties reported; fourteen fire crews battled the blaze.
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La Querola, Andorra
A fire devastated La Querola, a luxury residential complex in Ordino, Andorra, with six of its seven buildings left destroyed and no dwelling yet inhabited. The blaze began around 1:45 a.m. in one of the blocks and spread rapidly through the development, which had been inaugurated only three months earlier. The incident required 34 firefighters and 14 crews, including two dispatched from La Seu d’Urgell, and it reported no casualties.
La Querola d’Ordino was described as an exclusive residential promotion on an elevated plot above the Ordino valley, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel together with Ribas & Ribas and Jordi Sala. The fire declared in the early hours of this Wednesday almost completely destroyed the luxury development of La Querola d’Ordino in Andorra, with no injuries reported.
Scale, response, and cause
Authorities have not yet determined what caused the fire or the estimated economic damages, and El HuffPost said the explanation had not been established. Firefighters were alerted around 1:45 a.m. and the fire was brought under control in the morning thanks to the intervention of 35 firefighters and 15 vehicles. The fire started around 1:45 a.m. and spread to all seven, with about 10,000 m² of living space and 12,000 m² of parking affected, and it said no injuries were reported.
Firefighters received the report at 1:45 a.m. and fifteen crews from Andorra’s Fire Brigade and two crews from the Generalitat Firefighters at the La Seu d’Urgell station worked on extinguishing the fire. Ordino’s deputy mayor, Eduard Betriu, called the fire a “catastrophe,” and the construction had required an investment of more than €130 million.
What is at stake
La Querola’s destruction left the future of a project that had taken years to bring to life in suspense, and El HuffPost emphasized that it required 14 years of construction and an investment of around 130 million euros. The initiative had been gestating for almost two decades and was officially presented on June 5, while it reported that the development was still in the sales phase when the fire was declared. The complex was to embody Andorra for the super-rich and it was sold up to 6.3 million euros per apartment, while it reported that the fire started on the night of Monday, September 21 to Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
The first reflex of an owner whose apartment has burned is to notify the multi-risk home insurance within the deadline set by the contract, and it cited Article L. The sanction of late declaration can apply only if a clause expressly provides it and if the insurer proves harm, citing the Court of Cassation’s January 21, 2021 recall that “the loss of guarantee for late declaration can be opposed to the insured only if the insurer proves that the delay in declaration caused them damage.”