Overview
- Valencia firefighters found a 79-year-old woman dead in her 16th-floor flat after an overnight blaze, with nine others treated for smoke inhalation, including six police officers.
- Police Scientific units in Valencia are examining whether a candle left burning or a cigarette started the bedroom fire, and the victim’s body has been sent for autopsy.
- In Sa Coma (Mallorca), a car fire in an underground garage around 7:30 a.m. prompted the evacuation of dozens of residents and the deployment of a field hospital.
- Guardia Civil is investigating the Mallorca incident as possible arson tied to a high‑risk gender‑violence case, with indications an accelerant may have been used.
- The Mallorca fire involved a hybrid vehicle whose batteries re‑ignited, complicating suppression; about 40 apartments remain sealed for structural checks, and roughly 25 residents have been rehoused in tourist apartments after temporary shelter.