"The fire service said in a statement that the blaze broke out Monday evening in a storage room on the top floor of a five-story building in Manlleu, a town around 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Barcelona. The cause of the blaze has not been identified and officials are looking into it. The five people killed also didn't live in the building, police said."
"The fire service received a call after several residents reported a fire on the top floor of a building and smoke in the stairwell. Upon arrival, firefighters found that the building had been completely evacuated. After extinguishing the fire, firefighters located the first victim, who suffered a cardiac arrest. Firefighters expedited their search and found four more bodies in the storage room."
"Their ages have not yet been determined because they are still awaiting full identification. However, it is certain that they were all young people, some of whom may have been minors, according to the Spanish news agency EFE's sources. "For reasons unknown, the people inside were unable to get out" of the storage room, according to the fire service. Despite the intervention of firefighters and ambulances, "nothing could be done to save their lives," it added."
The blaze began Monday evening in a storage room on the top floor of a five-story building in Manlleu, about 80 kilometers north of Barcelona. The cause of the fire remains unidentified and is under investigation. The building had been completely evacuated when firefighters arrived, but responders found one victim in cardiac arrest and four additional bodies in the storage room after extinguishing the blaze. The five deceased did not live in the building. Their ages await full identification but officials say they were all young people and some may have been minors. Emergency response teams were unable to save them.
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