claimed the lives of at least 13 people in Murcia, and firefighters shared footage of them fighting the blaze on social media.
Emergency crews are still searching for people unaccounted for after responding to the adjoining clubs early Sunday morning in Atalayas, the outskirts of the city in"I think we left 30 seconds to 1 minute before the alarms went off and all the lights went out the screams saying there was a fire," one survivor, who was not identified, told Reuters."Five family members and two friends are missing.
The Fonda nightclub, one of three adjoining clubs, reportedly sustained the majority of the fire damage, including the collapse of its roof. It is where the dead were located, according to Diego Seral of Spain's National Police.Firefighters of Murcia posted video of them fighting the fire on X, formerly known as Twitter, after it was extinguished.A spokeswoman for the Teatre nightclub, Maria Dolores Albellan, told reporters it originated in La Fonda.
The collapse is making it difficult to locate victims. Where the fire started has apparently not been determined yet, but a spokeswoman for the Teatre nightclub, Maria Dolores Albellan, told reporters it originated in La Fonda, before spreading to the two adjoining clubs.spraying the intense flamesIdentification of the victims is expected to take time. The death toll has risen steadily throughout the day as the cause of the fire is being investigated.
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