"An explosion in a bar in the Spanish capital, Madrid, on Saturday killed one person and injured at least 25, authorities said. Rescue workers found the body of a man early Sunday morning during a search by local firefighters and police, Madrid's Emergency Services said on X. The emergency services said on Saturday night that two of the victims were in a "serious" condition, while three were "potentially serious". Firefighter chief Javier Romero said four people had been pulled from the rubble alive."
"Local media reported that the blast, which occurred at the "Mis Tesoros" bar at 3 p.m. (1300 UTC/GMT) in the Puente de Vallecas district of Madrid, was due to a gas leak. According to the newspaper El Pais, the head of the Madrid City Council Fire Department, Carlos Marin, explained that it was a gas explosion, but that they are still unable to specify the type of gas, the cause, or exactly where it occurred."
"Inmaculada Sanz, deputy mayor and delegate for security and emergencies at Madrid town hall, said that it was still "too early to predict what the cause of the explosion could have been." What else do we know about the blast in Madrid? Sanz that the residents of the nine housing units that formed part of the building "will have to be rehoused for at least a few days.""
An explosion at the Mis Tesoros bar in Madrid's Puente de Vallecas district killed one person and injured at least 25. Rescue teams found a man's body early Sunday after searches by local firefighters and police; four people were pulled from rubble alive. Two victims remained in serious condition and three potentially serious. Local media and city fire officials reported the blast was due to a gas leak, though authorities have not confirmed the gas type, exact cause, or precise origin. The building is unstable, residents of nine housing units must be rehoused for several days, and access is currently impossible.
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