Initial investigations suggest blast in Calle de Toledo was caused by a gas leak
Reuters
January 20, 2021
Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Madrid downtown, in Madrid Spain January 20, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
MADRID:
At least three people died and six were injured on Wednesday when a building in central Madrid belonging to the Catholic Church was blown apart by an explosion, local authorities said
Initial investigations suggested that the blast in Calle Toledo, a street leading out from the city centre, was caused by a gas leak, Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida said.
“The most likely hypothesis is a gas leak, there was a person working on the boiler,” the mayor told reporters as he announced that a body had been discovered under the rubble, raising the death toll to three.