10 killed in Spanish retirement home fire 

At least 10 people have been killed in a fire at a retirement home in the town of Villafranca del Ebro of northern Spain.

The regional government of Aragon said the blaze started in a residence for elderly called ‘Jardines de Villafranca’ around 5 a.m. (0400 GMT) and it took a couple of hours for firefighters to put it out.

The spokesperson could not specify whether all the victims were residents of the retirement home, where 82 elderly people lived.

One person was in a critical condition, while several people are under care mainly for suffering from smoke inhalation.

Fire fighters, who came from the area of Zaragoza, a city 35 km (22 miles) away, ambulances and police are on site, he said. The cause of the fire was still being investigated.