US EditionExplosion in Spanish capital injures 21, three seriously
- A gas blast took place in the 'Mis Tesoros' bar located in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas neighborhood on Saturday afternoon, September 13, resulting in one fatality and leaving 25 individuals injured.
- Authorities suspect the blast originated from a gas leak at an adjacent shop that had been unlawfully occupied as a squat, where several butane canisters were discovered, though investigations are still ongoing.
- The blast damaged a cafe, a store, other properties, and severely compromised about 50-60 square meters of the building's structure, leading to evacuation and temporary relocation of nine housing units.
- Firefighters rescued four people from the rubble, and emergency services found the deceased man's body in the basement with assistance from police search dogs.
- Officials stated the building is unstable, residents will be rehoused temporarily, and ongoing technical assessments and police investigations aim to clarify the cause and extent of the damage.
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According to the first experts, the event would have been caused by the accumulation of gas inside the premises.
Explosion At Madrid Bar Injures 25
A quiet Saturday night in Madrid turned into chaos when an explosion ripped through a bar in the city’s Vallecas neighborhood. It injured 25 people — three of them seriously.No one remains trapped under the rubble, Spanish authorities confirmed, but the aftermath looked like a movie set.Inside, bricks and ceiling beams littered the floor. Outside, glass carpeted the street, and doors had been blown off their hinges. Firefighters worked through t…
One day after the gas explosion recorded on the ground floor of a building in the Madrid neighborhood of Vallecas, researchers continue to collect data to know the exact causes of the deflagration, which has left a fatal victim and 25 injured, and which has affected the bar 'Mis Tesoros' as well as the upper houses of the building. Two of the injured persons are the owner of this facility and their daughter, who were inside the premises at the t…
Firefighters found a dead man in the rubble of the Mis Tesoros cafe in Madrid, where a gas explosion occurred around 3 p.m. Saturday. At least 25 people were injured, Madrid's emergency services said on social media on Sunday morning.
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