Firefighters battle blaze in a single room for 2 hours as native mayor cites smoke inhalation as probably reason behind deaths.
A blaze in a care house in Spain’s northeastern Aragon area has killed not less than 10 individuals and left two in vital situation.
Native authorities reported that the fireplace broke out about 5am (04:00 GMT) on Friday on the Jardines de Villafranca house within the city of Villafranca de Ebro, 28km (18 miles) southeast of the town of Zaragoza.
Firefighters got here from Zaragoza to battle the blaze, which took two hours to extinguish.
Volga Ramirez, the mayor of Villafranca de Ebro, informed reporters that inhalation of intense smoke from the fireplace was probably chargeable for the deaths.
The reason for the fireplace was not but recognized, however Ramirez mentioned it was confined to at least one room put in with a safety door, which prevented the fireplace from spreading.
Jorge Azcon, the top of the regional authorities of Aragon, informed reporters an investigation can be opened to find out its trigger.
The precedence, he mentioned, was to switch the remaining unhurt residents to different services, together with one within the metropolis of Huesca, about 90km (56 miles) away.
El Pais newspaper mentioned 82 individuals had been dwelling within the facility, which was opened in 2008 as a house for the aged however had lately been specialised for aged individuals with psychological well being issues.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wrote on the social media platform X that he was “shocked on the tragedy” and provided his condolences.
The fireplace came about weeks after devastating flash floods within the jap area of Valencia killed greater than 200 individuals and destroyed 1000’s of houses – the worst pure catastrophe in Spain’s latest historical past.
Azcon introduced on X that every one authorities occasions within the Aragon area on Friday had been cancelled.
