Not less than 10 individuals have been killed after a fireplace broke out at a retirement residence in northern Spain within the early hours of this morning, officers have stated.
They continue to be in a essential situation, whereas a number of others obtained therapy for smoke inhalation.
Firefighters have been alerted to the blaze on the residence – the Jardines de Villafranca – at 5am (4am UK time) on Friday.
The residence is residence to 82 aged residents.
The blaze began in one of many rooms, Fernando Beltran, the nationwide authorities’s prime official within the area, instructed reporters.
All the victims have been aged residents, he added.
Hearth crews, paramedics and law enforcement officials stay on web site, stated a spokesperson for the regional authorities of Aragon who confirmed the fatalities.
It took firefighters a number of hours to extinguish the blaze, they stated.
The reason for the fireplace is unknown and is being investigated.
