In the Dominican Republic’s Puerto Plata province, a blaze that broke out at the Senator Hotels & Resorts complex has been fully extinguished, brought under control by the swift, coordinated action of multiple local emergency and public safety agencies. This update was shared by Atahualpa Paulino, regional director for the northern zone of the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism (Mitur).
Paulino clarified key details to ease public and tourist concern: the section of the complex impacted by the fire was an unoccupied, shuttered hotel building that had no guests staying on-site at the time of the incident. As a result, there have been zero reported fatalities or injuries linked to the blaze. Critically, the fire did not spread to the complex’s two operating properties — Senator Bachata and Senator Puerto Plata — both of which remain open and continue welcoming guests as usual, with all regular services uninterrupted.
In his official remarks, Paulino extended public gratitude to every agency and group that contributed to the emergency response. The full roster of participants includes the Maimón and Puerto Plata Fire Departments, Dominican Civil Defense, Tourist Police (Politur), the National Police, the Dominican Republic Air Force (FARD), the National Emergency and Security System 9-1-1, Ambar Rescue, Maimón municipal district mayor Divison Sánchez, and on-site staff from Senator Hotels & Resorts. Paulino emphasized that the rapid cross-agency coordination was the key factor that allowed response teams to get the fire under control quickly, limiting risk to people and preventing the blaze from spreading to adjacent active tourist facilities.
In a formal statement, Paulino reaffirmed that both the Maimón municipal district and the broader Puerto Plata province remain safe, fully functional tourist destinations. All tourism and hospitality operations across the region are continuing as normal, while designated investigative authorities launch a formal probe into the cause of the fire and conduct a full assessment of the material damage sustained by the closed property.