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Nightclub fire in south-eastern Spain kills 13

At least 13 people have died in a fire at a nightclub in the south-east­ern Spanish city of Murcia.

The blaze broke out in the Fonda Milagros nightclub in the Atalayas area, at around 06:00 (04:00 GMT).

Video shared online showed flames raging above the building and thick, dark smoke pouring out of its windows.

It is not clear what caused the fire, which broke out when the club was still busy. Of­ficials say the number of deaths could rise.

Fourteen people are still missing as emergency services continue searching the building.

Police said the fire started at the Fonda Milagros nightclub – known as La Fonda – before spreading to its neighbouring clubs, Teatre and Golden. Local media report that all fatalities are believed to have happened in La Fonda.

Diego Seral, of the national police, said “substantial structural damage” had caused a collapse inside La Fonda.

A 28-year-old woman sent a voice note to her mother when the fire had started, according to the La Verdad de Murcia newspaper, saying: “Mummy, I love you, we’re going to die.”

She had gone out with her partner and some friends from the nearby town of Caravaca de la Cruz. It is not clear if she survived.

—BBC

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