Fire at retirement home in Spain kills ten

More than 80 people were in the building when the fire broke out around 5 a.m. The victims are at least ten.

A fire in a retirement home in Villafranca de Ebro, a town in northeastern Spain, killed at least ten people on Friday, according to authorities and emergency services. According to Spanish media, 82 people were inside the establishment, called Jardines de Villafranca, when the disaster broke out around 5:00 a.m., for unknown reasons.

“At least ten people died in the fire in a retirement home” which “occurred at dawn” near Zaragoza, the capital of the Aragon region, emergency services said on X.

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.

Smoke inhalation

“I cannot yet say what the cause of death of each of these 10 people is, as it is under investigation, but in a phenomenon of this nature, the bulk of the deaths are usually due to l “smoke inhalation,” explained the government delegate in Aragon, Fernando Beltrán.

In a message on X, the president of the Aragonese region, Jorge Azcón, said he was “shocked” by this “tragic fire”.

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. (ats)

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