At least 10 dead after inferno rips through care home in Spain as residents slept

AT least 10 people have been tragically killed and one left critically injured in a fire at a Spanish retirement home.

The blaze broke out around 5am this morning at the residence in Villafranca de Ebro near the northern city of Zaragoza.

More than 80 people were inside at the time, regional governors have said.

The retirement home has been named locally as Jardines de Villafranca.

Firefighters are still at the scene alongside police, Civil Protection and social workers and paramedics.

The blaze has been put out but it is not yet clear why it started with an investigation now underway.

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