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Tenerife Apartment Fire Death Toll Rises to Three

Police are probing the cause with the building sealed for forensic checks.

Overview

  • The blaze in a three‑storey block in Los Realejos, which broke out around 3:29 a.m. Saturday, forced the evacuation of about 30 residents.
  • Health officials said Sunday that two of the three people rescued in critical condition later died, raising the toll to three.
  • In total, seven people suffered smoke inhalation, one woman died at the scene, and another patient remains hospitalized in serious condition.
  • Fire crews reported the fire started in a first‑floor flat and spread up the facade to nearby and upper homes, and four units extinguished it as medics resuscitated victims.
  • National Police investigators and forensic teams are examining the origin, the building remains cordoned off, and the local council arranged rehousing and declared three days of mourning.