Fire in Spanish retirement home kills 10 near Zaragoza


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Nov 2024

MADRID (Reuters) - Fire ripped through a retirement home in the town of Villafranca del Ebro in northern Spain early on Friday, killing at least 10 people, the regional government of Aragon said.

The blaze started in a residence for elderly called "Jardines de Villafranca" around 5 a.m. (0400 GMT) and it took a couple of hours for firefighters to put it out, a spokesperson for the regional government said.

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