Overview
- Emergency services were alerted around 1:40 a.m. to a ground-floor blaze in a four-story building at 7 Calle Comunidad de Canarias in Boadilla del Monte.
- Firefighters found a 43-year-old woman and her 14-year-old son unconscious in the stairwell after an attempted escape, and SUMMA112 stabilized them before transfers to Hospital Puerta de Hierro and Hospital La Paz.
- The boy suffered cardiorespiratory arrest linked to severe smoke inhalation, and both patients were reported in critical condition by on-scene medical staff.
- Six Comunidad de Madrid fire crews contained residents in their homes, executed rescues from the building façade, and tackled heavy smoke that spread through the stairwell to upper floors.
- Nineteen people received treatment for mild smoke inhalation, including five Guardia Civil officers and one Policía Local officer, and the originating apartment sustained severe damage as the cause remains under investigation.