Xinhua | Updated: 2021-01-20 22:34 Share CLOSE Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Madrid downtown, in Madrid Spain Jan 20, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
MADRID Three people are now confirmed to have lost their lives and several others were injured after a large explosion destroyed a building in the center of Madrid on Wednesday afternoon.
The Mayor of Madrid, Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, told reporters at the scene that an 85-year-old woman and an as yet unidentified man had died in the blast, which occurred at Toledo Street in the center of Madrid close to the emblematic Plaza Mayor just before 3 pm local time (1400 GMT).
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