Four minors die in fire in northwest Spain: emergency services


MADRID, Spain - Four minors have died in a fire in Vigo, a coastal city in northwestern Spain, emergency services said on Wednesday.

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A police officer walks next to a building where four minors were killed in a fire in Vigo on October 11, 2023. Four minors have died in a fire in Vigo, a coastal city in northwestern Spain, emergency services said today. The ages of the victims were not immediately available. The fire started around 4:00 am (0200 GMT) on the ground floor of a building, according to local press reports. Firefighters extinguished the flames three hours later. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP)

"Four people have died, all of them minors, and eight injured have been taken to various hospitals", the regional emergency service said on X (formerly Twitter).

The ages of the victims were not immediately available.

The fire started around 4:00 am (0200 GMT) on the ground floor of a building, according to local press reports.

Firefighters extinguished the flames three hours later.

A team of psychologists was on the scene assisting relatives of the victims, the emergency services said.Vigo is a city of nearly 300,000 people that lies on the Atlantic coast in Spain's Galicia region, less than 30 kilometres (19 miles) north from the border with Portugal.