Overview
- The blaze broke out Sunday night in two interconnected basement storage levels on Calle Canarias in Arganzuela and left one man in his mid-20s dead.
- Thirteen Bomberos Madrid crews battled a fully developed fire in a labyrinthine, hard-to-access area that had a high thermal load and many separate rooms.
- Firefighters located and evacuated the victim during extinction operations and SAMUR-Protección Civil later confirmed his death from smoke inhalation and inhalation burns.
- After extinguishing flames crews ventilated the space, cleared accumulated gases and removed multiple electric bicycles to prevent the fire from reigniting before declaring the scene stable.
- Policía Nacional has taken charge of an active investigation with local police support and authorities warn the inquiry could affect rules or guidance on storing and charging e-bikes in shared basements.