Authorities say at least 10 people have died and others were injured in a fire at a nursing home near the northeastern Spanish city of Zaragoza.

MADRID — At least 10 people died in a blaze at a nursing home in Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish it , local authorities reported on Friday. Authorities were alerted of the blaze early Friday morning in Villa Franca de Ebro, about 30 minutes from the northeastern city.

At least 10 people died in a blaze at a nursing home in Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish it, local authorities reported on Friday.

The cause of the fire at the nursing home for people with dementia and other mental health problems is unknown. Local authorities say the victims likely died of smoke inhalation.

Ten people have died in a fire at a nursing home in north-eastern Spain. On Friday, Nov. 15, the head of the regional government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, confirmed that the deaths occurred in the early hours of the morning in the Villafranca de Ebro nursing home.

About 82 people had been living in the facility, which focused on treating people with dementia and mental health issues.

A fire that broke out in a retirement home in the Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro has left 10 people dead; all of the victims were reportedly elderly people.

At least 10 people were killed Friday and two people injured, one of them critically, in a fire at a care home in a small community near Zaragoza in Spain's northeastern Aragon region, Spanish authorities said.

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