A

72-year-old man

has died and 21 people have been injured, two seriously, in the fire in a building that occurred in the Madrid municipality of

Alcalá de Henares

, according to sources from Emergencias 112 Comunidad de Madrid.

Seven firefighters from the

Community of Madrid

have come to the place

,

who have rescued

several of the residents

from the facade of the building, located at

Calle Hernán Cortes number 3

.

Among the injured,

a 60-year-old woman

has been transferred to the Alcalá Hospital in serious condition and intubated for smoke inhalation, while

a 20-year-old has been admitted to La Paz

in the same state, for smoke inhalation and burns in the face.

Likewise,

a 93-year-old woman

with a moderate prognosis due to smoke inhalation poisoning

was transferred to Hospital de Alcalá, and

a

55-year-old man

was transferred to

Gregorio Marañón

for the same cause.

The rest of the residents, a total of 17 and of various ages,

have been treated at the site

by Summa112 for mild inhalation, so they have not required transfer to the hospital.

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