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The

Local Police of Seville

has reported this Thursday that a 79-year-old man has died and his 78-year-old wife has been taken to the hospital in critical condition after the

fire

in his home located on

Enrique Mensaque street

in the capital .

This has been detailed by

Emergencies Sevilla

on its social networks, where it has indicated that the event took place at 9:00 p.m. when the emergency services were alerted because a fire was breaking out in a house located on the second floor of a block of three heights in the mentioned street of the

district of Triana.

Local Police, Firefighters, Health Emergencies, National Police and UMIES have been present at the scene

.

The troops found a "very developed" fire outside with flames towards the facade and towards the block's staircase.

According to the first information received by the Police, two elderly people were

trapped inside.

The firefighting teams located a 78-year-old woman, unconscious and in cardiorespiratory arrest, in the living room of the house.

She had burns on a large part of her body.

For this reason, a rescue team has transferred her abroad performing

CPR maneuvers on the landing

of the house, to be sent in critical condition in a 061 team to a hospital in the capital.

Inside the room where the fire apparently started, they found the

charred corpse of a 79-year-old man.

No other people were affected.

The upper houses were affected by smoke and the National Police has already taken charge of the investigation of this incident.

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