At least 13 dead in nightclub fire in Spain’s Murcia 

Forensic and judicial police experts “have been deployed to the Murcia nightclub where the fire broke out this morning to investigate the cause,” the national police service said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

At least 13 people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with fears the toll could still rise as rescue workers sift through the debris.

The fire broke out in the two-storey “Teatre” nightclub, also called “Fonda Milagros”, in the city of Murcia in southeastern Spain in early hours of the morning.

Emergency services said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that firefighters were continuing to work at the scene and had not ruled out “the possibility of finding more victims.”

Jose Ballesta, mayor of Murcia, said the fire had broken out at around 6 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) and was “extremely serious”.

Mr. Ballesta told press at the scene that “there are still bodies to be pulled out” from the rubble, which he said was a complicated task given the “risk of collapse”.

Firefighters dispatched to the scene at 7 a.m. were able to extinguish the fire by 8:00 am, he said.

Photos released by the emergency services show water hoses from fire trucks spraying the blackened facade of the club.