Fire kills one and injures 11 near Madrid
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bénin Web TV
A 62-year-old man died and 11 people were injured, two seriously, in a building fire in Guadarrama, near Madrid, on 8 November 2026. Two seriously injured victims, including a young girl, were hospitalised in Madrid, according to regional emergency services.
A 62-year-old man died and 11 people were injured, two seriously, in a fire at a residential building on Sunday 8 November 2026 in Guadarrama, north-west of Madrid, according to the region’s emergency services.
Emergency services were alerted at 6.05am to a fire on the ground floor of a four-storey building on Nuevo Guadarrama Street. The victim was found in cardiac and respiratory arrest after inhaling smoke; medical teams tried to resuscitate him for around 30 minutes, without success.
The seriously injured included a 50-year-old woman, the deceased’s wife, and a young girl, both of whom were intubated and taken to La Paz Hospital in Madrid. Four minors were among the 11 injured, nine of whom sustained minor injuries. Nine firefighting teams responded and rescued three people who were partially trapped, as well as two dogs. Spain’s Civil Guard is investigating the cause of the fire.
