Murcia, Spain : Emergency workers on Monday combed through the wreckage of a blaze that ripped through a packed Spanish nightclub complex over the weekend, killing 13 people, to try to understand the cause of the fire.
The blaze, which broke out early on Sunday in a building housing the Teatre and Fonda Milagros discos on the outskirts of the southeastern city of Murcia, is Spain’s deadliest nightclub fire in over three decades.
All of the people who were reported missing after the fire have been accounted for, including three people who were at a beach and had their mobile phones turned off, local officials said.
“It seems that there are no more people missing,” the head of the Murcia regional government, Fernando Lopez Miras, told Spanish public television.
Police suspect the fire broke out in the Fonda nightclub and then spread to neighbouring venues as patrons raced to escape.
“The fatalities were all concentrated in a very small area in the Fonda establishment,” police spokesman Diego Seral said, adding that a birthday party was being held there at the time.
Video footage released by the Murcia fire brigade shows the firefighters holding a long hose approaching fierce flames inside the venue, passing bar tables that still had drinks on them.
A man named Jairo, who said he was the father of one of the victims, told reporters his 28-year-old daughter had been inside one of the clubs.
He had had no news of her since she left a desperate voice mail message at 6: 06 am, he added.
Jamal Shah deposits valuable gift in Toshakhana
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture Jamal Shah has deposited a valuable gift in Toshakhana which was received by him during his recent visit to Qatar.
The gift was a valuable bronzes sculpture of falcon, said a press release here on Monday.
The gift was given by the Minister of Culture State of Qatar Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani as a gesture of goodwill.
Jamal Shah emphasized that this gift rightfully belongs to the nation, which is why he chose to place it in Toshakhana.
He clarified that he has no intention of keeping any gift items presented to him during meetings with diplomats or on future foreign visits.