{"id":84366,"date":"2026-06-19T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/one-dead-nearly-1700-tourists-evacuated-in-dominican-republic-hotel-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:31:00","slug":"one-dead-nearly-1700-tourists-evacuated-in-dominican-republic-hotel-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/one-dead-nearly-1700-tourists-evacuated-in-dominican-republic-hotel-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"One Dead, Nearly 1,700 Tourists Evacuated in Dominican Republic Hotel Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781915460273.png?resize=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781915460273.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781915460273.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781915460273.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781915460273.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781915460273.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>A massive fire at a resort hotel in the Dominican Republic left one person dead and forced close to 1,700 tourists to evacuate, according to local authorities.<\/p><p>The blaze broke out at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel in Bayahibe, a community situated on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic. Officials announced the details of the incident on Friday, June 19.<\/p><p>Authorities confirmed the large-scale evacuation was carried out as the fire swept through the property, displacing hundreds of guests staying at the resort.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deadly fire broke out at a resort hotel in the Dominican Republic, claiming one life and forcing nearly 1,700 tourists to flee. The blaze struck the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel in Bayahibe, located in the southeastern part of the country. Local authorities confirmed the incident on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":84365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781915460273.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-lWK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54192,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/caribbean-nations-haiti-and-dominican-republic-resume-air-travel-after-2-year-ban\/","url_meta":{"origin":84366,"position":0},"title":"Caribbean Nations Haiti and Dominican Republic Resume Air Travel After 2-Year Ban","author":"Admin","date":"April 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Haiti and the Dominican Republic will restore commercial flights between their countries beginning in May, ending a suspension that lasted over two years. 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