China News Service, Beijing, February 23 Madrid: According to Spain's Efe news agency, on the 22nd local time, a fire broke out in a residential building in Valencia, Spain, killing four people, injuring at least 14 people, and leaving 19 people missing.
According to the report, the fire occurred in a 14-story building, and due to strong winds and other factors, the fire quickly spread to the entire building and another adjacent building.
The British newspaper The Guardian, citing local Spanish reports, said that there were more than 130 apartments in the residential building, but it quickly burned to the point that "only skeletons remain".
Eyewitnesses to the fire said that the flames "burned rapidly" in a very short period of time and produced thick smoke.
According to the report, the current focus of firefighters is to continue to cool the exterior walls of buildings. Since the fire has not been effectively controlled, rescuers have so far been unable to enter the inside of the building.
The mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, urged locals to stay away from the fire area on social ** so that emergency workers can carry out their work.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on social media that he was shocked by the terrible fire, that he expressed solidarity with all those affected and that he appreciated all the emergency workers who had been deployed at the site. (ENDS).