Spain: 1 dead, 14 hurt in blast at apartment block
The cause of the blast was not immediately established.
One person died and 14 people were injured in an explosion in a block of flats in a Spanish seaside resort near Barcelona early on Sunday, rescuers said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blast which took place in the residential building in Premia de Mar, a resort town some 25 kilometres north of Barcelona.
"The explosion happened at 8:25 AM and affected 15 people, 14 of whom were injured and one who died," a spokeswoman for Barcelona's emergency services told AFP.Two of the injured were in serious condition, she said.
Local media reports showed images of a fire burning in a seven-storey building, saying the building had been evacuated while investigators tried to determine what caused the blast.