2023-10-01 13:06:56
In a tragedy that shakes Spain this Sunday, There are already 13 people who died in the fire of a nightclub in the Spanish city of Murcia, a balance that worsens minute by minute and whose final balance cannot yet be defined.
“We regret to inform you that the deaths in the Atalayas fire amount to 13”announced this morning the mayor of Murcia on X (formerly Twitter). “Firefighters continue working at the scene and new victims are not ruled out,” indicated the rescue services.
The fire, which broke out around 06:00 in the morning (04:00 GMT) at the Teatre nightclub, located in the Atalayas neighborhoodwas “extremely serious,” Ballesta told the press from the scene of the accident.
The firefighters who arrived at the scene within a few minutes managed to put out the fire in less than an hour, but “There are still bodies to be removed” from among the rubble“a complicated task given the risk of collapse”, said the mayor.
It was also indicated that four people, two women aged 22 and 25 and two men aged 41 and 45, were affected by smoke inhalation. A spokesperson for the national police explained to AFP that the priority is to find the missing.
The official said that on Saturday there was a birthday party at the premises and that there are dozens of attendees who have not yet been located, many of whom escaped on their own at the time of the tragedy, but who must be found to verify that they are found. good.
“The investigation has not yet begun because there is still no balance”he said, specifying that still “We don’t know anything about the causes of the fire.”
Diego Seral, spokesperson for the National Police in Murcia, told the Onda Regional de Murcia network that if it is known that the critical point where the fire would have started It is on the first floor of the nightclub and that six of the victims located were in that place.
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Photos released by emergency services show fire trucks throwing water at the blackened façade and thick smoke billowing from the roof of the nightclub. “Firefighters continue working to establish the number of missing people,” added the emergency services, which established an information area for relatives.
The president of the government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, expressed in X his “affection and solidarity with the victims and families of the tragic fire.”
The mayor of Murcia declared three days of mourning and reported that 40 firefighters and 12 emergency vehicles have been mobilized. “Strength and encouragement to family and friends in these difficult times,” said the mayor.
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