A fire in a retirement home in northeastern Spain has killed at least ten people, local emergency services announced on Friday.
A fire in a retirement home in Villafranca de Ebro, a town in the north-east of Spain, left at least ten dead, local emergency services announced on Friday, December 15. “At least ten people died in retirement home fire” Who “happened at dawn” near Zaragoza, the capital of the Aragon region, emergency services said on X.
The fire broke out at a seniors’ residence called « Gardens of Villafranca » around 5 a.m. (4 a.m. GMT) and it took firefighters two hours to put it out, a spokesperson for the Aragon regional government said.
The spokesperson could not specify whether all the victims were residents of the retirement home, where 82 elderly people lived. One person is in critical condition, while several people are being treated, mainly for smoke inhalation. Firefighters from the Zaragoza region, ambulances and the police are on site. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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