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Five dead after fire at apartment building in Spain
The fire started in a storage room on the top floor of a five-story building, killing five young non-residents and injuring five others, authorities said.
- On Monday, a fire in a storage space inside a residential block in Manlleu killed five people and injured four others.
- Officials note the space may have been converted into living quarters, and for reasons still unknown, victims could not escape the storage area during the fire.
- Authorities say the victims appear to be young people, possibly teenagers, and identification will be completed throughout Tuesday morning due to charred bodies complicating the process.
- Residents raised the alarm shortly after 21:00 local time, prompting Catalonia's fire brigade to respond, and Catalan President Salvador Illa Roca expressed his deepest condolences and shock.
- The Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalan police, have opened an investigation into the cause of the fire that struck Manlleu, a town of 21,000 about 80km north of Barcelona.
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Five killed in deadly Catalonia building blaze
FIVE young residents have died and four others have sustained minor injuries after a fire ripped through the storage area of a residential building in Manlleu, in northeastern Catalonia, according to regional firefighters late on Monday, February 16. The deadly blaze had broken out in a storage room of a five-storey building in the town, located 80 kilometres north of Barcelona in the Osona area. Source
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Total News Sources71
Leaning Left14Leaning Right13Center12Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Left
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- 36% of the sources lean Left
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L 36%
C 31%
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