A blaze erupted in a retirement dwelling in northeastern Spain killing an 93-year-old man died and injuring 19 others, officers mentioned Saturday.
The hearth broke out in a ground-floor room at round 11 pm on Friday on the dwelling within the northeastern metropolis of Zaragoza, native emergency companies wrote on social community X.
The person died on the scene and at the very least 19 different individuals have been taken to hospitals to be handled for smoke inhalation, they mentioned.
The power is dwelling to 132 individuals. Emergency companies employees and locals labored collectively to evacuate residents, a few of whom needed to be rescued by means of damaged home windows, in accordance with native media experiences.
Police have launched an investigation into the blaze, with native media saying an oxygen tank explosion might have triggered the fireplace.
