Overview

• Emergency services received the alert around 4:00 a.m. at a building on Paseo Julio Urquijo.
• Firefighters, multiple ambulances, the Ertzaintza and the municipal police responded to the scene.
• The blaze was declared extinguished shortly after 6:00 a.m., according to the Basque Security Department.
• The female occupant reached a balcony to escape, while the male resident died inside the flat.
• Two people were taken to medical centers for smoke inhalation, officials said.