Authorities say at least 10 people have died and others were injured in a fire at a nursing home near the northeastern Spanish city of Zaragoza.

At least 10 people died in a blaze at a nursing home in Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish it, local authorities reported on Friday.

Volga Ramirez, mayor of Villafranca de Ebro, said that intense smoke from the blaze was likely responsible for the deaths

MADRID (AP) — At least 10 people died in a blaze at a nursing home in Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish it , local authorities reported on Friday. Authorities were alerted of the blaze early Friday morning in Villa Franca de Ebro, about 30 minutes from the northeastern city.

Emergency services said the blaze had broken out in the early hours of the morning. The cause was still being investigated.

VILLAFRANCA DE EBRO, Spain (Reuters) -At least 10 people were killed after a fire broke out in a retirement home in the northern Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro early on Friday, authorities said.

At least 10 people were killed Friday and two people injured, one of them critically, in a fire at a care home in a small community near Zaragoza in Spain's northeastern Aragon region, Spanish authorities said.