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		</div><p>Six residents of a nursing home in eastern Spain perished after a fire broke out in the night, authorities said.</p>
<p>Seventeen other residents were in hospital, with three in a serious condition, according to Valencia’s regional head, Ximo Puig.</p>
<p>Firefighters said that they rescued 25 residents out of a total of 70 who were evacuated from the nursing home in the municipality of Moncada, just north of Valencia.</p>
<p>Firefighter chief Jose Basset told Spanish news agency EFE that the fire appears to have started in a bedroom on the second floor.</p>
<p>He said that when the firefighters arrived “there was a large number of people asking for help who were trapped by the smoke”.</p>
<p>Mr Puig said that Spain’s Civil Guard police force were investigating the cause of the fire, but that investigators believe it could have been caused by a short-circuit in a mechanism linked to an oxygen tank.</p>
<p>“The most important thing now is the recovery of those who have been injured,” Mr Puig said.</p>
<p>Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez sent his condolences to the families.</p>
<p>Mr Sanchez tweeted in Spanish that he was following the tragic news from Moncada”, adding: “My condolences to the families of the victims. We are watching with concern the evolution of the injured. All our support for the families and the town.”</p>
<p>Municipal authorities in Moncada have called for three days of mourning, with flags flying at half-staff on the town hall building. Officials called for a minute of silence at noon local time.</p>
<p>Spain’s nursing homes, like in many other countries, were particularly hard-hit during the worst months of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>
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