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  On Wednesday, at least four people killed by an explosion at a residential building located in Central Madrid, Spain.

  Eyewitnesses reported a strong smell of gas shortly before the blast. The building was owned by a Roman Catholic Church and was destroyed by the blast. Among the dead was an electrician who was present to inspect the building's boilers.

  	It was like an earthquake; I thought a bomb had gone off.
  —Eye-witness, speaking to El País

  At least ten others were injured as a result of the incident. According to the reports, strong gas smell had first been detected at around 2pm local time, so an electrician David Santos Muñoz had been called out to inspect the boilers. Minutes after this, at 2:56 pm, the building exploded, killing him and at least three others. An owner of a nearby bar told El País "It was as if a bomb had dropped, the noise was tremendous". An eyewitness also told the newspaper "it was like an earthquake; I thought a bomb had gone off."

  A school and nursing home were nearby to the blast, the latter of which had suffered minor damage according to the city's mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida. Nobody was injured in either of these and TVE said that the school has been said to have been empty at the time due to closures after significant snowfall in the capital. Police said the nursing home was safely evacuated following the blast.

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  • "Madrid: 'Extremely loud' explosion in city centre - at least three people dead" — Sky News, January 21, 2021
  • "Madrid blast claims fourth victim" — El País, January 21, 2021
    

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