At least 13 people died in a fire that broke out in night club in Murcia (southeast Spain), as reported by the emergency services today, adding that rescuers are still looking for missing people after the fire.
Outside the club, young people hugged each other, shocked, as they waited for news of the fire that broke out in the early hours of the morning in Atalayas, on the outskirts of the city.
“I think we were gone 30 seconds to a minute before the alarm went off and all the lights went out and people were yelling that there was a fire,” said one survivor, who did not give his name. Five members of my family and two friends are missing.
According to La Verdad de Murcia newspaper, a 28-year-old woman sent a voicemail to her mother when the fire had started, saying: “Mom, I love you, we’re going to die». The 28-year-old had gone out with her partner and some friends from the nearby town of Caravaca de la Cruz, however, so far it is not clear if she survived.
According to Spanish media, several of the dead were from a group celebrating a birthday.
Diego Serral, of Spain’s National Police, told reporters that the dead were located at the Fonda Milagros nightclub, one of three neighboring clubs that suffered the most damage from the fire, including the collapse of its roof, he added.
The collapse is complicating efforts to locate the victims and it is difficult to determine exactly where the fire started, he said.
Police investigators have not yet been able to access the site due to high temperatures and the risk of collapse.
Identifying the bodies will take time, Sheral said. According to the emergency services, the toll, which is constantly increasing, has reached 13 dead. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
Earlier, Murcia Mayor Jose Bayesta told reporters that seven bodies had been found in the same spot on the first floorwhere the fire broke out at about 6.00 am.
A spokeswoman for the Teatre nightclub, Maria Dolores Albeyan, told reporters that the fire broke out in the neighboring Fonda Milagros club, before spreading to the other two adjacent clubs.
Bayesta declared three days of mourning. The flag is flying at half mast outside Murcia’s town hall.
Four people have been taken to hospital with breathing problems due to smoke inhalation.
Source: News Beast
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