Several people must be injured – VG

Several images abound of the building allegedly exposed to an explosion, show a building with several floors collapsed on top of the building.

Videos shared on Twitter from the street below the building show a number of wrecks and damaged cars. Police are said to have cordoned off the area and various emergency services at the scene.

Nine fire trucks and 11 ambulances will be at the scene.

The Madrid emergency services confirm the Twitter who tend to several injured on the spot.

It is currently unclear if there were people in the building, but the newspaper AS he writes, however, that the police have confirmed that he is wounded.

According to El País, it is a strong explosion. It is not known what caused the explosion.

The Spanish newspaper El Diario writes that the explosion occurred shortly after 3 pm Wednesday afternoon, and that the destroyed building is next to a nursing home, a school and a church.

The first reports of the incident incorrectly stated that it was the nursing home that was affected, writes El País. The building in question, on the other hand, is a residential building.

– No residents or employees were injured, a spokesperson for a residents’ organization told the newspaper.

– They are evacuating all residents to the hotel across the street, added the spokesman.

The explosion occurred in the Puerta de Toledo area of ​​the Spanish capital.

The case is being updated.

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