Overview
- Firefighters were alerted around 21:00 Monday and declared the blaze under control at 21:41 after deploying 13 teams.
- The Catalan emergency service SEM said it treated five people, with four lightly injured discharged on site and one declining transfer.
- SEM activated 11 ambulances and two psychological support teams to assist residents and relatives.
- Firefighters said the blaze started in a storage room on the building’s top floor, with smoke reported in the stairwell, and the exact cause remains undetermined.
- All five who died were minors, officials said; several families returned home by about 05:00, three people were housed in a hotel, and leaders offered condolences as an inquiry proceeds.