Fire Killed 13 In Nightclub Murcia In Spain Celebrating A Birthday Also Were Among The Dead

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Fire in Spain Murcia Night Club: At least 13 people died in a fire that broke out in three nightclubs in Spain’s south-eastern city of Murcia. The fire first broke out in the early hours of Sunday at the Fonda Milagros nightclub, also known as La Fonda. After this, three night clubs came under fire one after the other.

Police said that the club was packed with people and people started running here and there in fear of the flames. According to local newspaper La Verdad de Murcia, a family had come to the club to celebrate their birthday but this day proved to be their last. Due to the massive fire, all the members of the family who had come to celebrate the birthday died.

According to the newspaper, a 28-year-old woman sent a voice note to her mother at the time of the fire. In it he said, “Mummy, I love you, we are going to die (due to the fire in the club). However, it is not yet clear whether the woman is alive or not. The woman’s father Jarrow told the newspaper, ‘ They went there because there is no night club in Karawaka (nearby area). This was the second time she had gone there.

‘We are devastated’

According to BBC, four people are undergoing treatment due to health problems due to excessive smoke. Murcia Mayor Jose Ballesta has declared three days of mourning in Murcia. “We are devastated,” he said. After 15 hours, it was still not known what caused the fire, but Murcia Mayor Jose Ballesta said the fire started on the first floor of the club.

Diego Serral of the National Police said the roof of La Fonda had collapsed, making it difficult to locate the victims and determine what happened. According to BBC, it is believed that this is the worst incident of fire in a nightclub in the country in 30 years. In 1990, 43 people died in a fire at an event.

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