A man died this afternoon and another is hospitalized in serious condition due to significant smoke inhalation caused by a fire in a home in the Madrid district of Puente de Vallecas, a Madrid Emergency spokesperson reported..

The fire started, for reasons that are now being investigated, at 12:30 p.m. this Wednesday in a home located on the third floor of the building located at 8 Antonio Mairena Street, in the Palomeras Sureste neighborhood..

The Madrid City Council Firefighters quickly rushed to the scene, rescuing two middle-aged men from the affected home, who were transferred in cardiorespiratory arrest to a safe area so that they could be treated by the Samur-Civil Protection paramedics..

The doctors have recovered one of them and have evacuated him to the Peace Hospital. However, in the other case, after 45 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, they were only able to confirm his death.. They have also treated a woman for very minor smoke inhalation and four elderly people for an anxiety crisis, residents of the building, for an anxiety crisis..

The fire has affected the entire house where the flames originated, but there is no rest, although there is a little smoke in the stairwell. The Firefighters extinguished it and then ventilated the room, without having to evacuate the building.. Agents of the Municipal Police of Madrid have regulated traffic in the area.