Fire kills four in Spain apartment, baby in critical condition

Firefighters in Spain say four people have been killed and several injured — including a baby — after a fire broke out in an apartment near Barcelona.

Four people died on Saturday and a baby girl was in a critical condition after a fire broke out in an apartment building in a town near Barcelona.

Firefighters for the Catalonia region say the blaze on Saturday also left two adults in serious condition and another 13 people needing medical treatment.

Firefighters reach the different floors of an apartment building after a fire broke out near Barcelona in which four people were killed and a baby injured. Picture: Pau Barrena/AFP

The first blaze started on Saturday morning in a 10-storey block of flats in Badalona, about 10 kilometres northeast of Barcelona, said firefighters in the Catalonia region in the northeast of Spain.

Among the people who died was a 92-year-old woman, but the others have not been identified yet, the regional government said.

Among those injured were a baby girl, who is in a critical condition, and two adults. They were in serious condition, the fire service said on its Twitter feed.

Firefighters check the damage after extinguishing a fire that broke out at an apartment near Barcelona on January 5, 2019. Picture: Pau Barrena/AFP

Both adults jumped from windows to escape the blaze, the regional government said.

In a separate fire 18 kilometres away in La Llagosta, one person died in a fire in a block of flats, firefighters said.

The cause of the fire is still unknown.