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Officials issued a closure order for the nightclub in the city of Murcia in January 2022, a top official in charge of licenses, told reporters on Monday. Antonio Navarro said the city reissued the decree in October 2022, after the owner’s unsuccessful appeal of the closure. Firefighters can be seen working at the site of a deadly blaze in the Teatre nightclub in Murcia, in southeastern Spain, on October 1. Bomberos/Ayuntamiento de Murcia/APThe nightclub Teatre opened with a license in 2008. But by 2022, city officials determined the alterations to create the two separate nightclubs required additional scrutiny and a new, separate license for La Fonda.
Persons: Antonio Navarro, ” Navarro, Javi, La Fonda, Navarro, “ La Fonda, Andres Francisco Guerrero, . Navarro, Guerrero, Francisco Jimenez, Jose Ballesta, Ballesta Organizations: CNN, Fonda, Europa Press, La Fonda, Firefighters, TVE Locations: Spanish, Murcia, Spain, Ayuntamiento, Telecinco
Nightclub fire kills at least 13 in Murcia in Spain
  + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Firefighters work to control flames inside a nightclub in Murcia, Spain, October 1, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. The emergency services gave the death toll, which has risen steadily throughout the day, as 13. Earlier, Murcia's Mayor Jose Ballesta told reporters seven bodies had been found in the same area of the first floor, where the fire broke out. A spokesperson for the Teatre nightclub, Maria Dolores Albellan, told reporters the fire originated in the neighbouring club, La Fonda, before spreading to the two adjoining clubs. Footage released by Murcia's fire service showed firefighters working to control flames inside the nightclub.
Persons: Diego Seral, Jose Ballesta, Maria Dolores Albellan, La Fonda, Ballesta, Jessica Jones, Hugh Lawson, Alison Williams Organizations: Murcia Firefighters, REUTERS, Rights, Spain's National Police, Fonda, Murcia's, Thomson Locations: Murcia, Spain, Rights MADRID, Atalayas, Murcia's
“New victims cannot be ruled out,” the services said on their website. The injured are two women, aged 22 and 25, and two men, aged 41 and 45, who were all taken to the hospital due to smoke inhalation, the Murcia emergency services website said. The President of the Murcia region posted on X, formerly Twitter, “Worried and dismayed by the news coming from there (Murcia). “The General Director of Security and Emergencies, Ricardo Villalba, is on-site coordinating with the Murcia City Council the necessary means to manage this tragedy,” the emergency services said. Three days of mourning have been declared in the city of Murcia for “those who died in the fire that occurred at the Teatre de Atalayas nightclub”, Murcia mayor José Ballesta said on X.
Persons: , , Ricardo Villalba, Jose Ángel Antelo, José Ballesta Organizations: CNN, Reuters, , of Security, Emergencies, Security, Murcia City Council, Territorial Planning, Deportes Locations: Murcia, Spain, , Palacio
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