MADRID (AP) — No less than 10 individuals died and others had been injured in a blaze at a nursing residence close to Zaragoza in northeastern Spain, earlier than firefighters managed to extinguish the flames, native authorities stated Friday.
The alarm was raised simply earlier than 5 a.m. on Friday in Villafranca de Ebro, about 28 kilometers (18 miles) from town of Zaragoza.
Two individuals remained in essential situation, officers stated.
The reason for the fireplace was not but recognized.
Native media stated 82 individuals had been residing within the Jardines De Villafranca nursing residence, which centered on treating individuals with dementia and psychological well being points.
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Jorge Azcón, head of the regional authorities of Aragon — which incorporates Villafranca de Ebro, inhabitants 840 — informed reporters outdoors the nursing residence that an investigation can be opened into the reason for the fireplace.
The fast precedence was to switch the remaining unhurt residents to different amenities, he stated, together with one within the metropolis of Huesca, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) away.
Volga Ramírez, mayor of Villafranca de Ebro, informed reporters that intense smoke from the blaze was doubtless liable for the deaths.
“It is due to smoke inhalation,” Ramírez stated, “not because they were burned.” She stated that the remaining residents of the middle had been safely evacuated.
Zaragoza fireplace chief Eduardo Sánchez informed reporters that firefighters had extinguished the blaze that got here from one room of the middle. A fireplace door had prevented the blaze from spreading to the opposite half of the constructing, he stated.
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On X, previously Twitter, Azcón introduced that every one authorities occasions within the Aragon area had been cancelled for the day.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on X that he was “shocked by the tragedy” and expressed condolences to the victims.
The hearth befell simply weeks after devastating flash floods within the Spanish area of Valencia killed greater than 200 individuals and destroyed hundreds of properties.
The floods had been the worst pure catastrophe in Spain’s current historical past.
