Fire at care home in Spain kills at least 10 people

Firefighters conflict blaze successful 1 room for 2 hours arsenic section politician cites fume inhalation arsenic apt origin of deaths.

A blaze successful a attraction location successful Spain’s northeastern Aragon region has killed astatine slightest 10 group and near 2 successful captious condition.

Local authorities reported that nan occurrence collapsed retired astir 5am (04:00 GMT) connected Friday astatine nan Jardines de Villafranca location successful nan municipality of Villafranca de Ebro, 28km (18 miles) southeast of nan metropolis of Zaragoza.

Firefighters came from Zaragoza to conflict nan blaze, which took 2 hours to extinguish.

Volga Ramirez, nan politician of Villafranca de Ebro, told reporters that inhalation of aggravated fume from nan occurrence was apt responsible for nan deaths.

The origin of nan occurrence was not yet known, but Ramirez said it was confined to 1 room installed pinch a information door, which prevented nan occurrence from spreading.

Jorge Azcon, nan caput of nan location authorities of Aragon, told reporters an investigation would beryllium opened to find its cause.

Relatives hold for news extracurricular nan attraction location [Ferran Mallol/AP Photo]

The priority, he said, was to transportation nan remaining uninjured residents to different facilities, including 1 successful nan metropolis of Huesca, astir 90km (56 miles) away.

El Pais newspaper said 82 group had been surviving successful nan facility, which was opened successful 2008 arsenic a location for nan aged but had precocious been specialised for aged group pinch intelligence wellness problems.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wrote connected nan societal media level X that he was “shocked astatine nan tragedy” and offered his condolences.

The occurrence took spot weeks aft devastating flash floods successful nan eastbound region of Valencia killed much than 200 group and destroyed thousands of homes – nan worst earthy disaster successful Spain’s caller history.

Azcon announced connected X that each authorities events successful nan Aragon region connected Friday were cancelled.

People thief pinch cleanup aft dense rains caused floods successful Paiporta, adjacent Valencia, Spain [File: Eva Manez/Reuters]

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