Four adults and two minors have been injured and taken to hospitals
Firefighters continue at the scene of the fire due to the risk of the building collapsing
A under 16 years of age has died and six other people have been injured in a fire that broke out this Sunday morning in the Biscayan town of Barakaldo.
As reported by the Basque Department of Security, the fire started at 2:45 in the morning in a building on Calle Portu.
The structure of the building, with four floors, is made of wood and the fire gained great intensity.
Regret the death of a minor in a very harsh fire tonight in #Barakaldo
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Four adults and two minors were transferred to the Cruces and San Eloy hospitals, both in Barakaldo, and there was also a missing person.
When the fire was put out, it was found inside the lifeless body of the missing minor, 16 years old.
Firefighters are still at the scene of the fire building collapse risk and investigations have begun to determine the origin of the fire.
A witness has declared to Radio Euskadi that the flames devastated the wooden staircase of the building and that several residents, including some minors, had to jump from the windows.