An explosion destroyed a bar in Madrid, injuring 25 people, three of them seriously, Spanish authorities said, while ruling out the possibility of other victims trapped under the rubble.
Firefighters were clearing debris from the premises in the capital's Vallecas neighborhood, Madrid's emergency services announced on X, sharing images of the partially collapsed ceiling and bricks scattered on the ground, the Telegraph reports.
Doors had been torn off their hinges, with shards of glass scattered on the street outside, as first responders carried out a victim on a stretcher.
"We were at home and we felt the explosion, we immediately ran outside it was absolute chaos, people in the middle trying to move cars," witness Fernando Sanchez told public broadcaster RTVE from his home.
Firefighters, ambulances and police officers were swarming around the area and authorities were preventing residents from leaving, Mr. Sanchez said.
Spanish media reported that a gas leak caused the explosion.
But Inmaculada Sanz, the official responsible for security and emergencies at Madrid's municipality, said it was "too early to assume what the cause could have been". /Telegraph
