MADRID At least two people died and eight were injured on Wednesday when a building in central Madrid belonging to the Catholic Church was blown apart by an…
Madrid blast leaves two dead, several injured as nearby buildings damaged
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MADRID: At least two people were killed and several others injured when a strong explosion on Wednesday rocked a building located in the Spanish capital, witnesses and international media said, with images from local television and the emergency services showing the street covered in debris.
The emergency services tweeted that two people had died, while another person was seriously injured and six had suffered light injuries in the blast. At least four floors have been affected by the explosion in the building in Calle Toledo, they tweeted.
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.
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.