At least four people killed in an apartment block fire in Spain

A big fire in a tall apartment building in Valencia, Spain has caused the deaths of at least four people, according to emergency services.

The fire covered a tall building in the Campanar area and also spread to a nearby building.

Firefighters helped rescue people from balconies, and 19 people are still missing.

At least 14 people got hurt. This includes six firefighters and a young child.

Strong winds made the fire bigger, and people think that easily flammable material on the outside of the building made the fire spread quickly.

More than 20 teams of firefighters worked to put out the fire, and by early Friday the building was completely burned and damaged by the fire. People were told to not go to the place.

The building has 138 apartments and 450 people lived there, according to the building’s manager as reported by newspaper El Pais.

Local news said firefighters saved many people using heavy machinery, including a couple who lived on the seventh floor.

A lady told TVE that she saw firefighters trying to save a teenage boy stuck on the first floor of the building.

People in Spain are asking about the materials used to build the building after the fire started.

Esther Puchades, who is a vice president of the College of Industrial Technical Engineers in Valencia, said to the Spanish news agency Efe that she had looked at the building before.

She said the outside had a material called polyurethane that is not used much anymore because people are worried it might catch on fire.

A man who lives on the second floor of the building said to a TV channel that the fire quickly grew after it started on the fourth floor.

“He said the fire spread quickly in 10 minutes. The material on the outside of the building might have helped the fire spread. ”

David Higuera, who is an engineer, told El País that the covering on the building might have made the fire spread quickly.

The outside of the building has aluminium plates with foam inside. They are good at keeping heat and cold out, but they can catch on fire easily.

Firefighters were called at about 5:30 p. m A hospital has been built in the area, as said by RTVE. People who had to leave their houses would stay in hotels, officials said.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) that he is very upset about the large fire in a building in Valencia. I want to show my support to all the people going through a tough time and to thank all the emergency workers who are already helping.