VALENCIA (Reuters) – The death toll from a fire in an apartment building that occurred on Thursday evening in Valencia has risen to ten, Spanish authorities announced on Saturday.
Witnesses reported that the fire, fanned by strong winds, spread throughout the building in just half an hour.
The fire broke out on the fourth floor of the building located in an affluent area of Spain’s third city and spread to other apartments, emergency services said on X.
An investigation was opened to determine the causes of the fire.
(Reporting by Catarina Demony, Marco Trujillo; French version Zhifan Liu)
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