At least 10 people died in a fire at a retirement home in Spain before firefighters managed to extinguish it, local authorities have reported.
Authorities were alerted to the blaze early on Friday morning at Villa Franca de Ebro, around 30 minutes from the north-eastern city of Zaragoza.
The cause of the fire was not yet known, local media reported.
Jorge Azcon, head of the regional government of Aragon, whose capital city is Zaragoza, confirmed the deaths and said on X, formerly Twitter, that all government events in the region were cancelled for the day.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez also expressed his shock over the fire and deaths.
The fire took place just weeks after devastating flash floods in Valencia killed more than 200 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
The floods were the worst natural disaster in Spain’s recent history.
