Thursday, January 21, 2021, 09:38 GMT+7
Debris are seen atop of the building belonging to the Catholic Church affected by a deadly explosion, in Madrid downtown, Spain, January 20, 2021. Photo: Reuters
MADRID At least three people died and eleven were injured on Wednesday afternoon when a building in central Madrid was blown apart by an explosion, with four of the wounded requiring hospitalisation.
All available evidence pointed to the blast in Calle Toledo, a street leading out from the city centre, being caused by a gas leak, Madrid’s Emergency Services said, although the factors which triggered the leak were yet to be determined.
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A DAD-OF-FOUR and an elderly woman are among at least three people killed in a gas explosion near a school in Madrid.
The explosion in the Spanish capital completely tore through the seven-storey building used by priests, leaving the street looking like a war zone.
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Three people have been killed in the blast as emergency services swoop the areaCredit: AFP or licensors
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A police officer and medics gave survivors of the blast treatment on the roadsideCredit: Reuters
Electrician David Santos Munoz, a 35-year-old dad-of-four, was identified as one of the dead, Madrid s Archdiocese said in a tweet.
He had gone to the parish-owned building earlier in the day to lend a hand.
A Catholic priest who was retrieved from the rubble of a Church building in central Madrid that was destroyed by a presumed gas explosion died on Thursday, the Madrid archdiocese said in a statement.
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