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Firefighters work at the Teatre nightclub, the scene of a fatal fire in Murcia, Spain.
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At least seven people were killed and four injured in a fire that broke out at a nightclub in Murcia, Spain, early Sunday morning, according to local authorities.
The injured were two women, aged 22 and 25, and two men, aged 41 and 45, all of whom were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, Murcia’s emergency services website said.
Emergency services are still on site and are searching for additional victims. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
“Worried and dismayed by the news from there (Murcia). “The emergency services continue to work,” the president of the Murcia region posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Emergency services were dispatched at the time of the incident, with local firefighters requesting the use of the helicopter from the General Directorate of Security and Emergencies, the emergency services said, later adding that ground resources were sufficient to extinguish the fire.
“The General Director of Security and Emergencies, Ricardo Villalba, is on site coordinating with the Murcia City Council the necessary resources to deal with this tragedy,” the emergency services said.
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“The Vice President and Minister of Interior, Emergencies and Spatial Planning, Jose Ángel Antelo, is expected to arrive on site,” they added.
In the city of Murcia, three days of mourning have been declared for “those who died in the fire at the Teatre de Atalayas nightclub,” Murcia Mayor José Ballesta said on X.
A press conference to deal with the incident is planned for Sunday at 12:30 local time, the Murcia city council said on X.
An information area for relatives of the victims has been set up in the nearby Palacio de los Deportes, where a team of psychologists is assigned to provide assistance.