{"id":616,"date":"2026-06-20T18:14:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=616"},"modified":"2026-06-20T18:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:14:51","slug":"italian-mom-killed-in-dominican-republic-resort-inferno-that-forced-1700-to-evacuate-was-visiting-family-before-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=616","title":{"rendered":"Italian mom killed in Dominican Republic resort inferno that forced 1,700 to evacuate was visiting family before tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The woman killed in the\u00a0massive inferno that tore through a Dominican Republic resort\u00a0<\/a>was an Italian mom of two visiting family on the island when the blaze erupted.<\/p>\n

Francesca Valentino was the sole fatality at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel, which was engulfed in flames Friday.<\/p>\n

The fire forced 1,700 others to evacuate.<\/p>\n

Valentino,\u00a0who\u00a0would have turned\u00a046 in July, was killed by smoke inhalation, authorities said.<\/p>\n

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Francesca Valentino was killed when a fire raged through a Dominican Republic resort.Obtained by NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She was enjoying a trip with her husband of a decade when the tragedy occurred,\u00a0Napoli Corriere reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

The couple was visiting friends and family\u00a0in the fishing village of\u00a0Bayahibe, where her husband is originally from and where they first met.<\/p>\n

Valentino had moved from\u00a0Caserta\u00a0to Rome and then to the Dominican Republic, and struck up a romance with her husband, with the pair marrying in 2016, according to her Facebook.<\/p>\n