An elderly couple and their son died at around midnight last night in a fire in calle María Odiaga in the district of Carabanchel in Madrid.
The victims were a man and a woman, aged 77 years and 79 years respectively, and their 45 year old son. Their bodies were found in their second floor home, the source of the fire.
Two elderly women also had to be treated for smoke inhalation, one of them requiring hospitalisation. Fifteen other residents in the building were evacuated while firemen extinguished the blaze but were later allowed to return to their homes.