Overview
- The incident unfolded around 9 p.m. on November 2 at 7 Calle Rutilo in Madrid’s Usera district.
- A 40-year-old Spanish man allegedly opened the gas, set fires inside his fourth-floor flat, and threatened to blow up the building while brandishing knives.
- Firefighters extinguished the blaze and cut the building’s gas supply to remove the explosion risk.
- UIP officers forced entry, subdued the suspect, and 14 of them were hospitalized for smoke and toxic-gas inhalation, according to police.
- The detainee was taken to a hospital under custody and faces accusations of arson, assault on authority, resistance, and disobedience, with the investigation ongoing; some outlets report he burned chemical products that produced dense smoke.