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Spain: Moment of silence held for victims of Murcia nightclub fire
Leaders of Murcia’s city and region’s political institutions have held a moment’s silence and applause in honour of the victims of Sunday’s disco blaze.
A total of 13 people were killed as a consequence of the fire and 24 more were injured.
Firefighters and police continued to search the damaged premises for clues as to how the fire started in Murcia, a university city in southeastern Spain.
The blaze started in a nightclub around 6am on Sunday 1 October and spread to two others nearby, Spanish state news agency EFE said.
All the bodies were found in the first nightclub.
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