The incident happened when, according to newspaper Correio da Manhã, a pair of Dutch holidaymakers returned from a night out and were apparently feeling peckish. Fire-fighters were called to the second-floor apartment in the Solar da Oura hotel in Santa Eulália, at around 6am. All of the building’s occupants were evacuated due to the amount of smoke caused by the fire. One of the Dutch boys, a 19-year-old was taken to hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation, while the other was treated at the scene.