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Spain Sees Deadly Apartment Fire, Granada Injuries, and Rescue in Ruined Torrent Building

Investigations are underway, with unsafe, condemned housing complicating emergency work.

Overview

  • A man died in a pre-dawn apartment fire on Paseo Julio Urquijo in San Sebastián, and two people were treated for smoke inhalation after the blaze was extinguished around 6 a.m.
  • A sixth-floor flat fire on Granada’s Calle Arabial left six people affected by smoke and a woman rescued from a bedroom, with neighbors evacuated and later allowed back after checks.
  • The Granada incident’s official cause has not been set, though a tenant suggested a candle, and firefighters said the fire stayed confined to a room behind a closed door.
  • In Torrent, firefighters controlled a second-floor blaze in a building declared in ruins after the DANA, rescuing two illegal occupants who were taken to hospital with injuries not initially assessed as serious.
  • Separately, a sports-team bus caught fire on the A-92 near Albolote with no injuries reported, as 112 coordinated the response and local fire crews intervened.