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Three Dead in Northern Spain Apartment Fire as Police Detain Suspect

Investigators are examining a possible gender violence motive after the late-night blaze in Miranda de Ebro.

Overview

  • Regional emergency services confirmed three fatalities and four injured, including an 11-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl.
  • First responders treated seven people at the scene, with two pronounced dead there and one of five hospitalised later dying.
  • Local authorities declared three days of mourning for the town of Miranda de Ebro in the province of Burgos.
  • Police placed a man in custody after he presented himself at a station, with authorities probing suspected arson and the potential gender violence link.
  • The regional president, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, expressed condolences on X, while officials said the investigation into the blaze continues.