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Spain Confronts Multiple Fatal Fires, Crashes and Madrid Shooting

Strained emergency crews have battled multiple residential blazes, managed a fatal highway crash, rushed a young shooting victim to hospital.

Play de Fedorento, en A Guarda, durante un día de fuerte temporal.
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Overview

  • A 91-year-old woman died of suspected smoke inhalation after a kitchen blaze tore through her home in Arraitz-Orkin, Navarra.
  • A fire at the DomusVi Zalfonada care home in Zaragoza killed a 93-year-old resident and injured 19 others as investigators probe a possible wheelchair battery overheating.
  • A house fire in Flix claimed the life of a 72-year-old man, and on the AP-61 near Segovia a 60-year-old woman was killed when her car veered off the road and struck the median.
  • High-risk rescue operations saw firefighters enter a Valencia apartment through a balcony to save a fallen 72-year-old and airlift a 29-year-old climber with leg fractures from Urriellu peak.
  • Police in Madrid are investigating after a 21-year-old was shot multiple times at a street corner and is now in critical condition at 12 de Octubre Hospital.