13 perish in nightclub fire in Spanish town
Emergency services say five family members and two friends are missing.
MADRID: A fire in adjoining nightclubs in Murcia in southeast Spain killed 13 people, emergency services of the city said on Sunday.
“I think we left 30 seconds to one minute before the alarms went off and all the lights went out (and) the screams saying there was a fire,” one survivor, who was not identified, told Reuters news agency. “Five family members and two friends are missing.”
Diego Seral, of Spain’s National Police, told reporters the dead were found in the Fonda nightclub, one of three adjoining clubs, which had sustained the majority of fire damage, including the collapse of its roof, he added.
The identification of the bodies would take time, he said. The emergency services gave the death toll, which has risen steadily throughout the day, as 13. The cause of the blaze is being investigated.
A spokesperson for the Teatre nightclub, Maria Dolores Albellan, told reporters the fire originated in the neighbouring club, La Fonda, before spreading to the two adjoining clubs.
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