Outside the club, young people hugged, looking shocked as they waited for information after the fire that broke out in the early hours in Atalayas, on the outskirts of the city.
“I think we left 30 seconds to 1 minute before the alarms went off and all the lights went out (and) the screams saying there was a fire,” one survivor, who was not identified, said.
Diego Seral, of Spain’s National Police, told reporters the dead were found in the Fonda Milagros nightclub, one of three adjoining clubs, which had sustained the majority of fire damage, including the collapse of its roof, he added.
Earlier, Murcia’s Mayor Jose Ballesta told reporters seven bodies had been found in the same area of the first floor, where the fire broke out.
Footage released by Murcia’s fire service showed firefighters working to control flames inside the nightclub.
“We are devastated,” Ballesta said on Spanish TV channel 24h, adding rescuers were still searching for several people reported missing.
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