Overview
- The blaze broke out Monday evening in a storage area on the attic level of a five-story building in Manlleu, around 80 kilometers north of Barcelona.
- Firefighters evacuated the building, extinguished the flames, and then located five people inside the storage room who were unable to get out.
- Five others suffered minor injuries; four were treated in hospital and discharged, and one did not require hospitalization.
- Authorities have not determined the cause and have opened an investigation, with identification of the deceased still pending.
- Manlleu declared three days of mourning with a public minute of silence, and Catalonia’s regional leader Salvador Illa offered condolences.