Nursing home fire kills 5 in eastern Spain

Published January 19, 2022 1:16 AM

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that at least five people have died in a fire at a nursing home near Valencia in eastern Spain. Emergency services for the Valencia region said Wednesday that in addition to the victims another 11 people required hospital treatment. Three of them are in serious condition. Firefighters said that they rescued 25 residents out of a total of 70 that were evacuated from the nursing home in the municipality of Moncada just north of Valencia. Authorities haven’t indicated the cause of the blaze.

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