Firefighters brought the blaze under control quickly and praised workers and a fire door for saving lives. The dozen residents died from smoke inhalation.
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A fire that broke out in a retirement home in the Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro has left 10 people dead; all of the victims were reportedly elderly people.
At least 10 people died and others were injured in a blaze at a nursing home near Zaragoza in northeastern Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish the flames, local authorities said Friday.
Firefighters brought the blaze under control quickly and praised workers and a fire door for saving lives. The dozen residents died from smoke inhalation.
At least 10 elderly people were killed when fire ripped through a retirement home in the northern Spanish town of Villafranca del Ebro early on Friday, authorities said.
Authorities in the Spanish city of Zaragoza say at least 10 people have died in a fire at a nursing home. The blaze broke out early Friday morning in Villa Franca de Ebro, about 30 minutes from the northeastern city. The cause of the fire was not yet known.
The cause of the fire at the nursing home for people with dementia and other mental health problems is unknown. Local authorities say the victims likely died of smoke inhalation.
At least 10 people were killed Friday and two people injured, one of them critically, in a fire at a care home in a small community near Zaragoza in Spain's northeastern Aragon region, Spanish authorities said.
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