Firemen tackling a blaze in the early hours of this morning in calle Regato de Buenavista in the Pizarrales district of Salamanca found the body of a man in the kitchen. The victim had apparently suffered stab wounds to the chest and is thought to have died before the fire began.
Firemen were called to the fire at 01:46. The front door and two windows in the ground floor house were open and smoke was pouring out. The firemen entered through the windows to smother the fire.
Inside, two rooms were still burning but the fire had gone out in tow other rooms due to a lack of oxygen.
In the kitchen the firemen found the body of a man with a pool of blood close by. The man had suffered a number of stab wounds to the chest. The National Police are now investigating the incident.
the fire was extinguished just after 03:00.