Valencia, Spain (AP) – On Friday, firefighting and army experts were calculating the risks of entering a residential block that was destroyed by fire in Eastern Spanish city of Valensia, killing four people and 14 went missing.
Valensia Mayor Maria Jose Katal said that the threat of intense heat from the collapse of the 14-storey building and the fire was preventing both emergency workers from searching for potential people.
The firefighters continued to drop parts of the building, a few hours after the explosion began.
Katal said that six injured people live in the city hospitals, four of them are firefighters.
It was not immediately found out how many people were in the building at that time, but it is believed that dozens have lost their homes and goods.
Officials said the residents of the building were given accommodation in hotels or in relatives or neighbors’ houses.
Firefighters reached the spot on the outskirts of the city center on Thursday evening and participated in the flames from the windows. The firefighters used a crane to lift one to two residents of the balconies.
The fire began in one part of the complex and spread to a adjacent building.
Some 90 soldiers and 40 firefighting trucks from Spain’s military emergency unit were also deployed.
The cause of the fire was still not known in the beginning of Friday. Katal said that it was very early to comment on news reports that it was suggested that it could spread rapidly due to the materials used in the structure of the building. It was said that the building was built a few 15 years ago.
The fire sent the clouds of black smoke from the sky, which could be seen from a distance. Spain’s Meteorological Agency, Amet, at that time reported winds up to 60 kp (40 mph).
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