The blast that destroyed several floors of a building in the Spanish capital appeared to be the result of a gas leak, officials said. Emergency workers said that rescues were underway.
Tag: Madrid (Spain)
Madrid Mayor Says Snowstorm Caused Nearly $2 Billion in Damage
The storm, named Filomena, dropped more than a foot and a half of snow on the city and its surrounding areas.
Madrid Is Buried Under Heaviest Snowfall in 50 Years
At least three people have died after Storm Filomena wreaked havoc across Spain and blanketed the capital in more than a foot and a half of snow, paralyzing it for days.
Using a Law It Hates, Far Right in Spain Takes Aim at Franco’s Rivals
Vox, an ultranationalist party in Madrid, is working to remove memorials to Socialist figures of the 1930s, calling the effort a warning that a “law of historical memory” should be abolished.
Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test, Belarus Sanctions, Aleksei Navalny: Your Friday Briefing
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In Madrid, Covid-19 Resurgence Divides Rich and Poor
New lockdown measures disproportionately affect the most economically vulnerable people in the capital region.
Coronavirus: U.K. Quarantine Order Attacked by Spain’s Prime Minister
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Britain should not have required all arrivals from Spain to go into quarantine, arguing that his country’s Covid-19 surge has spared some regions.
A Botched Restoration of a Painting in Spain Draws Outrage
A copy of a painting of the Virgin Mary by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was disfigured after it was cleaned by a furniture restorer. Restoration experts are calling for tighter regulation of their work.
How Ecuador’s Port City Became a Coronavirus Epicenter
Ecuador took early aggressive measures to stop the coronavirus, but ended up becoming an epicenter of the pandemic in Latin America. How? We revisit the first confirmed case and what led to the disease’s spread.
A Deluged System Leaves Some Elderly to Die, Rocking Spain’s Self-Image
Even amid the coronavirus crisis, the tragedy unfolding in Spain’s nursing homes has shocked a nation that takes pride in its reverence for older people and in its health care system.