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Suspected Gas Blast at Madrid Bar Injures 25

Officials cite a suspected gas leak pending forensic confirmation, with crews securing the structure and arranging rehousing.

Overview

  • The explosion struck around 15:00 at the Mis Tesoros bar on Calle Manuel Maroto in Puente de Vallecas, damaging the venue and the residential building above.
  • Emergency teams deployed 18 fire crews, 13 Samur-Protección Civil units and SUMMA 112, supported by police drones and a canine unit.
  • Firefighters rescued four people from the rubble, and subsequent canine searches found no additional trapped victims.
  • Authorities report 25 injured, including three in serious condition and two potentially serious, with patients taken to hospitals such as 12 de Octubre and La Paz.
  • Nine flats suffered major structural damage between the ground and first floors, prompting evacuations and Samur Social rehousing, while Policía Científica leads the investigation with unverified accounts pointing to a neighboring squatted unit.