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.

Spanish authorities said at least 10 people have died and others were injured in a fire at a nursing home on Friday near Spain's northeastern city of Zaragoza. The cause of the fire is not yet known but the local mayor told reporters that intense smoke from the blaze was likely responsible for the deaths.

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.

A fire that broke out in a retirement home in the Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro has left 10 people dead; all of the victims were reportedly elderly people.

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.

The fire broke out in the town of Villafranca de Ebro early on Friday morning and local officials said 82 people were living in the home at the time. The centre opened 16 years ago as a retirement home,