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Free Malaysia Today
2 days ago
- Free Malaysia Today
1 dead, 19 injured in Spanish retirement home fire
Police have launched an investigation into the blaze, believed to have been caused by an oxygen tank explosion. (EPA Images pic) MADRID : A blaze erupted in a retirement home in northeastern Spain killing a 93-year-old man and injuring 19 others, officials said today. The fire broke out in a ground-floor room at around 11pm yesterday at the home in the northeastern city of Zaragoza, local emergency services wrote on social network X. The man died at the scene and at least 19 other people were taken to hospitals to be treated for smoke inhalation, they said. The facility is home to 132 people. Emergency services workers and locals worked together to evacuate residents, some of whom had to be rescued through broken windows, according to local media reports. Police have launched an investigation into the blaze, with local media saying an oxygen tank explosion could have triggered the fire.
Reuters
20-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Telefonica's Spanish network update causes partial communications outage
MADRID, May 20 (Reuters) - Spanish telecom company Telefonica ( opens new tab said works to update its network had caused a communications outage of fixed phone and internet lines in some areas of Spain on Tuesday, three weeks after the country suffered a catastrophic power blackout. The company said in a brief statement its crews were working on reestablishing the service and the 112 Emergency lines were already back on in the affected areas after suffering disruptions since the early hours of Tuesday. The communications outage comes after a massive electricity blackout in Spain and Portugal on April 28, whose causes are yet to be determined. Telefonica is the second-largest operator in Spain after Orange's MasOrange, and other large providers' services were not affected. Telefonica's mobile service also appeared to work fine. According to the Downdetector monitoring website, the disruptions being reported were mostly about fixed-line internet services in the regions of Aragon, Valencia, Andalusia, Extremadura, the Basque Country and Navarra.
The Sun
20-05-2025
- General
- The Sun
Phone network down across Spain with emergency services out of contact just weeks after national blackout caused chaos
A PHONE network is down across Spain with emergency services out of contact just weeks after a national blackout caused chaos. Problems with the national communications network Telefonica are affecting corporate landline networks and data services, with some emergency services having to set up alternative numbers. 1 The Valencian Community's 112 call center first reported the outage at 8:15am local time, with the issue now affecting the Basque Country, Andalusia, Extremadura, and Aragon. The exact cause of the devastating outage has not yet been specified, with work underway to restore normal service. .
NHK
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- NHK
Mexico expressway pileup leaves at least 21 dead
A multi-vehicle accident on an expressway in Mexico has left at least 21 people dead and several injured. The accident involving three vehicles occurred on an expressway connecting the southern state of Oaxaca and the central state of Puebla on Wednesday morning. Local authorities say the injured received treatment at medical facilities. The authorities say a tanker struck a bus in the opposite lane when it tried to overtake another vehicle. It then collided with the vehicle it was attempting to pass. Footage taken at the scene shows smoke billowing from the tanker truck after it fell into a ravine, and firefighters responding to the situation.
BreakingNews.ie
10-05-2025
- Health
- BreakingNews.ie
Fire at chemical plant in Spain keeps thousands indoors
A fire at a chemical factory in north-eastern Spain forced emergency services to issue health warnings to 150,000 local residents and stay-indoors orders for five nearby towns, authorities said on Saturday. Health services said that medics attended to four people who had reported breathing problems. Advertisement The fire broke out early on Saturday inside a warehouse at the plant near the town of Vilanova i la Geltru. The fire broke out in a chemical products company ((Kike Ricon/Europa Press/AP) The warehouse housed 70 tons of chlorine for use in swimming pools, firefighters said. The stay-indoors order stayed in effect for seven hours for the nearest municipalities in the area between Barcelona and Tarragona on the Mediterranean coast. Firefighters said that by later Saturday the fire was under control. Advertisement
