MADRID – At least seven people have been killed in a fire in a nightclub in Murcia, in southeast Spain, the mayor said, adding that rescuers were still searching for people unaccounted for after the blaze.
The fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday in Teatre nightclub in Atalayas, on the outskirts of the city, emergency services said on social media platform X.
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The Mayor of the Spanish city Murcia, says that 'they are working to establish the exact cause of the fire.'
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Footage
released on the X account of Murcia's fire service showed firefighters working
to control flames inside the nightclub. The fire had destroyed part of the
roof, the footage showed.
"The number of deaths inside the Atalayas nightclub has risen to seven," Murcia Mayor José Ballesta wrote on X.
"We are devastated," he said on Spanish TV channel 24h, adding rescuers were still searching for several people reported missing.
Ballesta told 24h the fire started at around 06:00 and had now been brought under control.
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He
said emergency services were working to establish the cause of the blaze.
Four people have been treated in hospital for smoke inhalation.