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A police spokesman on the ground told reporters that firefighters were trying to put out a small fire inside the building before they could bring in dogs and rescue teams.

MADRID (AP) — A powerful gas explosion tore through a residential building in central...

A massive explosion rocked a building in central Madrid resulting in the death of three.

Europe News: MADRID: One building collapsed in a central Madrid explosion, a Reuters reporter saw, with smoke coming out of the building and rescue workers evacuat.

The explosion ripped the facade off a building that belongs to the nearby La Paloma Catholic Parish

Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida said initial information pointed to a gas leak that likely caused the blast.

Emergency services could not immediately confirm if there had been injuries. A police spokeswoman said the area was being evacuated but could not confirm the source of the explosion. La Sexta TV quoted government sources saying it may have been a gas leak. Officials could not immediately confirm. The explosion happened in Toledo street, in the city centre.

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Two people are dead and at least two others are hurt after an explosion in Madrid on Wednesday. Officials say the explosion was caused by a gas leak inside a building on Toledo Street in Spain’s capital. Smoke could be seen coming from a six-story building, and debris scattered throughout the street near the city center. The Madrid general vicar...

At least two people died and several were seriously injured on Wednesday when an explosion ripped through a building in central Madrid, the Spanish capital's mayor said.

At least two people died and several were injured when a building in a central Madrid belonging to the Catholic Church collapsed on Wednesday after an explosion, Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida told reporters.