Moroccan Teens Die in Spain Fire: Investigation Reveals Tragic Cause

The municipality of Manlleu, located near Barcelona, made its sports pavilion available to accommodate a huge crowd, as the local mosque could not hold the hundreds of worshippers and residents who came to pay their respects. Mayor Arnau Rovira joined the families for this public tribute, held in two stages, as a heavy silence filled the sports facility in memory of the victims.

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Outside the building where the tragedy occurred, messages of support and bouquets of flowers have been piling up since the beginning of the week at an improvised memorial. The town hall confirmed that the bodies of the five young people will be repatriated to Morocco, their country of origin, as soon as the relevant legal procedures have been completed, allowing them to be buried alongside their loved ones.

On Bladi.net : Catalonia Fire: Five Moroccan Teenagers Die in Tragic Blaze

The preliminary investigation indicates that the fire, which broke out in a storage room located on the building’s roof, may have been accidentally caused by a cigarette. The flames spread at astonishing speed, trapping the adolescents, who died from suffocation after inhaling smoke. The room had become a regular meeting place for neighborhood youths, who had free access to it.