Catalonia Fire: Five Moroccan Teenagers Die in Tragic Blaze

– bySaid · 1 min read
Catalonia Fire: Five Moroccan Teenagers Die in Tragic Blaze

A fire claimed the lives of five teenagers of Moroccan origin on Monday evening in Manlleu, Catalonia. Trapped by smoke in a converted attic, four other young people were evacuated and rescued.

The tragedy occurred shortly after 21:00 on the top floor of a building on Carrer del Montseny. The victims were in a storage room converted into an informal recreational space, equipped with mattresses and sofas. The rapid burning of this furniture filled the rooms with toxic smoke, blocking the exits and causing the five minors to die of asphyxiation before firefighters arrived.

On Bladi.net : Agadir Hospital Fall: Patient Dies as Mohammed VI CHU Investigation Opens

The scientific police of the Mossos d’Esquadra, leading the investigation, are currently favoring the possibility of a tragic accident. The grieving families were due to formally identify the bodies on Tuesday at the Barcelona Institute of Legal Medicine.

On Bladi.net : Gas Explosion in Moroccan Home Kills Five Children in Témara

Given the scale of the event, described as one of the deadliest fires in the region’s recent history, the municipality of Manlleu declared three days of mourning. The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, publicly expressed his sorrow and support for the victims’ relatives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YtCggl7kes