Huge apartment block fire in Spain kills nine people

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire on an apartment building in Valencia, Spain February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez

VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) -At least nine people were killed by a huge fire that ripped through an apartment block in an affluent district of Spain's third largest city, Valencia, authorities said on Friday.

The blaze, fanned by strong winds, engulfed the block in Valencia's El Campanar district within half an hour on Thursday evening, witnesses said.