Madrid skyscraper fire is under control, police say


People near the skyscraper housing the Spanish petroleum company Moeve which was evacuated due to a fire, in Madrid, Spain, June 23, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

MADRID, June ⁠23 (Reuters) - A fire that ⁠broke out in a ‌Madrid skyscraper on Tuesday afternoon has been brought under control and ​no one was injured, ⁠police told ⁠Reuters.

The building housing the energy ⁠company Moeve, ‌in the capital's financial district, ⁠was earlier evacuated after heavy smoke ​was ‌detected, according to witnesses, ⁠one of ​whom said they had to walk down 34 ⁠floors.

One witness told Reuters ​she saw smoke and smelled fumes before the building's alarm ⁠went off. Images captured by witnesses showed smoke coming out of the floors ​in the middle ⁠section of the 49-storey ​building.

(Reporting by Emma ‌Pinedo, Jesús Aguado ​and Javier West Larrañaga, editing by Andrei Khalip.)

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