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At least four people are dead and 14 injured, after fire engulfed a high-rise apartment
complex in the Spanish city of Valencia
2. Firefighters were seen rescuing people from balconies, using cranes to reach those
trapped on high floors
3. The city's mayor says there are between nine and 15 people who have not yet been
located
4. There are fears that highly flammable cladding on the building's facade may have
helped the fire spread - as in the 2017 tragedy at London's Grenfell Tower
5. Some 450 people are believed to live in the apartment blocks, according to Spanish
newspaper El Pais

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has just been speaking from Valencia, where
he thanked the emergency services, particularly firefighters, for their essential work.

His government, he said, is there to provide "all types of support" for the immediate
rescue operation, and clarify what happened.

The priority right now is the search for victims, Sanchez said, and the safety of those
involved in the rescue.

The PM made just a brief appearance. He said he was moved by the wave of
solidarity and empathy he had witnessed across the Campanar neighbourhood and
the wider city.

Spanish media reports say firefighters who have worked all morning trying to cool
the buildings have now been able to go inside - though only up to the third storey
due to the intensity of the temperatures.

New details are emerging about the sheer ferocity of the fire, which spread
throughout the two buildings in just half an hour.

El Pais reports that one firefighter had to jump from the seventh floor onto a mat.

Others reached the 12th floor - the buildings had 14 - and were able to rescue
residents.

The Spanish outlet reports that six of those firefighters received psychological
treatment afterwards.
Emergency workers are known to be among nine people taken to hospital, local
media say. Seven firefighters have been treated and five are in hospital. Their status
is not believed to be critical.