A 93 -year -old man has died and another 19 people have been injured during the night of this Friday by The explosion of an oxygen bottle which has caused a fire on the ground floor of an elderly residence in Zaragoza.
According to the EFE agency, The explosion originated in the deceased’s room After 23:00 this last night. From the first moment, a wide emergency device that included the National Police, the Local Police, Firefighters and Health Services were deployed.
The smoke has forced the evacuation of about 50 residents, all located on the ground floor of the building, in some cases having to enter the emergency services breaking windows to be able to get the trapped people.
In total, a person has died, who was in the room where the explosion originated, by inhalation of smoke, while another 19 people have also been injured by poisoning and have been transferred to different health centers with minor and moderate wounds. In the case of the deceased man, it was a dependent person who could not leave the room.
According to EFE, there were 132 residents at the time of the fire, although Those who had their rooms in the upper plants have not been affected.
Social services are looking for an alternative for 35 residents whose rooms were on the ground floor and those who at the moment cannot return while the authorities of the authorities continue to clarify the concrete causes of the fire.
