One person died as a result of a gas explosion in a house located in an apartment building on Calle Hernando de Soto, in the San Fernando district of Badajoz, the fire chief of the Badajoz City Council confirmed to the newspaper. Today.

As a result of the explosion, which occurred around 15:30, just at the moment when firefighters were about to break the door of the house, having felt a strong smell of gas emanating from the inside, more than a dozen people were injured, a fire broke out, which the firefighters have already extinguished.

Several SES teams, Red Cross ambulances, members of the national police, local police and Badajoz firefighters arrived on the scene.

According to the Extremadura 112 Urgent and Urgent Care Center, four of the victims required hospitalization, although, in principle, they are not serious. Police have cordoned off the area and are investigating the cause of the incident.