The alarm was raised round 5 a.m. on Friday in Villafranca de Ebro, about 28 kilometers (18 miles) from the northeastern metropolis. Two folks remained in crucial situation, officers stated.
The reason for the fireplace was not but identified.
Native media stated 82 folks had been dwelling within the nursing house, which centered on treating folks with dementia and psychological well being points.
Jorge Azcon, head of the regional authorities of Aragon, which incorporates Villafranca de Ebro, instructed reporters exterior the nursing house that an investigation can be opened into the reason for the fireplace.
For now, the precedence was to switch the remaining unhurt residents to different amenities, he stated, together with one within the metropolis of Huesca, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) away. Volga Ramirez, mayor of Villafranca de Ebro, instructed reporters that intense smoke from the blaze was doubtless chargeable for the deaths. “It is because of smoke inhalation,” Ramirez stated, “not as a result of they had been burned.” She stated that the remaining residents of the middle had been safely evacuated.
Zaragoza hearth chief Eduardo Sanchez instructed reporters that firefighters had extinguished a blaze in a single room of the middle.
On X, previously Twitter, Azcon introduced that every one authorities occasions within the Aragon area had been cancelled for the day.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on X wrote that he was “shocked on the tragedy” and expressed condolences to the victims.
The fireplace came about simply weeks after devastating flash floods within the Spanish area of Valencia killed greater than 200 folks and destroyed 1000’s of houses. The floods had been the worst pure catastrophe in Spain’s current historical past.
The alarm was raised round 5 a.m. on Friday in Villafranca de Ebro, about 28 kilometers (18 miles) from the northeastern metropolis. Two folks remained in crucial situation, officers stated.
The reason for the fireplace was not but identified.
Native media stated 82 folks had been dwelling within the nursing house, which centered on treating folks with dementia and psychological well being points.
Jorge Azcon, head of the regional authorities of Aragon, which incorporates Villafranca de Ebro, instructed reporters exterior the nursing house that an investigation can be opened into the reason for the fireplace.
For now, the precedence was to switch the remaining unhurt residents to different amenities, he stated, together with one within the metropolis of Huesca, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) away. Volga Ramirez, mayor of Villafranca de Ebro, instructed reporters that intense smoke from the blaze was doubtless chargeable for the deaths. “It is because of smoke inhalation,” Ramirez stated, “not as a result of they had been burned.” She stated that the remaining residents of the middle had been safely evacuated.
Zaragoza hearth chief Eduardo Sanchez instructed reporters that firefighters had extinguished a blaze in a single room of the middle.
On X, previously Twitter, Azcon introduced that every one authorities occasions within the Aragon area had been cancelled for the day.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on X wrote that he was “shocked on the tragedy” and expressed condolences to the victims.
The fireplace came about simply weeks after devastating flash floods within the Spanish area of Valencia killed greater than 200 folks and destroyed 1000’s of houses. The floods had been the worst pure catastrophe in Spain’s current historical past.
