A high-rise apartment building in Valencia, Spain was engulfed in flames, with the fire leaving behind 4 dead and at least 13 injured, including a minor and six firefighters.
Videos showed flames engulfing the building in the Campanar neighborhood of western Valencia, with 22 fire crews working to extinguish the blaze, which spread to a neighboring building. The situation in the area was suffocating because of the smoke.
Four people died and 14 people, including six firefighters and a small child, were injured in the fire of a 14-story residential building located in the Campanar neighborhood, Valencia, Spain 🇪🇸#Valencia #Bell #Fire #Fire pic.twitter.com/3UvYYDV27Q
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Spain’s public broadcaster TVE said there were more than 130 apartments in the 14-storey building, which was quickly reduced to a skeleton after the fire broke out.
“Like it was made of cork”
Speaking to regional television station A Punt, Esther Puchades, deputy head of Valencia’s union of industrial engineers, said the fire spread so quickly because the building was covered with polyurethane, a highly flammable material.
Luis Ibanez, who lives in a nearby building, told TVE he looked out the window and saw flames engulf the building, which appeared to be made of cork, within minutes. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The whole side of the building directly opposite was on fire, from the first floor to the sixth and seventh floors,” he said.
UPDATE: At least 4 dead, 19 missing in massive Valencia fire. Block of 14 floors engulfed, firefighters yet to enter. Concerns over flammable insulation. #ValenciaFire 🔥🏢 pic.twitter.com/DNLqigtAGl
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Writing in X, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was “shocked by the terrible fire”. He said he is in contact with the mayor of the area “to offer any assistance needed” and expressed his condolences to all those affected by the fire.
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