Four die in Spain building fires\, baby critical

Four die in Spain building fires, baby critical

AFP  |  Badalona 

Four people died Saturday and a baby girl in a critical condition was among the injured, in two separate tower block fires in northeastern Spain, firefighters said.

The first blaze started on Saturday morning in a 10-storey block of flats in Badalona, about 10 kilometres (six miles) northeast of Barcelona, said firefighters in the Catalonia region.

Three people died, including a 92-year-old woman and two other people not yet identified, the said.

Among those injured were a baby girl, who is in a critical condition, and two adults. They were in serious condition, the service said on its feed.

Both adults jumped from windows to escape the blaze, the said.

In a separate 18 kilometres away in La Llagosta, one person died in a in a block of flats, firefighters said.

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First Published: Sat, January 05 2019. 23:15 IST