The fire broke out on the ground floor of the building and spread rapidly.
Two people died and 14 others were injured, including four children, from the fire that broke out yesterday Saturday in a building in the Mouraria district in the capital of Portugal.
The fire broke out on the ground floor of the building, where immigrants lived, and spread rapidly. It was brought under control before it spread to neighboring buildings thanks to the early intervention of firefighters, said Lisbon Fire Department Commander Thiago Lopez. “There are no serious injuries. They are due to smoke inhalation,” he told the Publico newspaper.
The head of the municipal Civil Protection service Margarita Castro clarified that the two dead are foreigners, while for the 14 injured she said that two are Argentines, 11 are immigrants from Southeast Asian countries and one is Portuguese.
Around 23:00 (local time), Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas visited the Mouraria neighborhood and expressed his sadness at the loss of life.
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