A fire in a retirement home in Villafranca de Ebro, in the north-east of Spain, left at least ten dead, local emergency services announced on Friday, November 15. “At least ten people died in retirement home fire” Who “happened at dawn” near Zaragoza, the capital of the Aragon region, emergency services reported on X. They managed to put out the fire.
According to Spanish media, 82 people were inside the establishment when the disaster broke out at 5 a.m. for unknown reasons. According to The Countryciting government sources, Interior Minister Roberto Bermudez de Castro visited the scene of the accident.
The mayor of Villafranca de Ebro, Volga Ramirez Gamiz, told Cadena SER radio that the tragedy began in a resident’s room, when a mattress caught fire. “I cannot yet say what the cause of death of each of these ten people is, as it is under investigation, but in a phenomenon of this nature, the majority of deaths are usually due to l ‘smoke inhalation’explained the government delegate in Aragon, Fernando Beltran.
In a message on X, the president of the Aragonese region, Jorge Azcon, said “shocked” because “tragic fire”. “My most sincere condolences to the families of the deceased”he wrote. According to its website, the Jardines de Villafranca residence was inaugurated in 2008. This retirement home had recently specialized in welcoming elderly people with mental health problems.
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