Smoke rises from a damaged building after an explosion in Madrid downtown, in Madrid Spain January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera
MADRID (Reuters) - At least three people died and eleven were injured on Wednesday afternoon when a building in central Madrid was blown apart by an explosion, with four of the wounded requiring hospitalisation.
All available evidence pointed to the blast in Calle Toledo, a street leading out from the city centre, being caused by a gas leak, Madrid's Emergency Services said, although the factors which triggered the leak were yet to be determined.
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