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Five dead after fire at apartment building in Spain
Five young people, including minors, died trapped in a converted storage space fire in Manlleu; five others sustained minor injuries, Catalan fire service reported.
- On Monday, a fire in a storage space inside a residential block in Manlleu killed five people and injured four others.
- Officials note the space may have been converted into living quarters, and for reasons still unknown, victims could not escape the storage area during the fire.
- Authorities say the victims appear to be young people, possibly teenagers, and identification will be completed throughout Tuesday morning due to charred bodies complicating the process.
- Residents raised the alarm shortly after 21:00 local time, prompting Catalonia's fire brigade to respond, and Catalan President Salvador Illa Roca expressed his deepest condolences and shock.
- The Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalan police, have opened an investigation into the cause of the fire that struck Manlleu, a town of 21,000 about 80km north of Barcelona.
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Fire in a storage room in northeastern Spain kills five children
MADRID (AP) — A fire broke out in a top-floor storage room at an apartment building in northeastern Spain, killing five children who were trapped inside the room and injuring five other people elsewhere in the building, officials said Tuesday.
A devastating fire in a residential building in Catalonia claimed the lives of five young people.
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The fire began in the storeroom of the building located in Manlleu, some 60 kilometres north of Barcelona in Catalonia.
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