MADRID: An adolescent died and a number of other folks have been injured throughout celebrations of Spain’s victory in the World Cup after a fountain collapsed within the west of the nation, native authorities and media mentioned on Monday (Jul 20).
“Town corridor of Ciudad Rodrigo expresses its disappointment and presents its condolences for the loss of life of a boy of 13,” the municipality mentioned on a Fb publish.
“What ought to have been a celebration of Spain’s crew within the soccer World Cup become tragedy,” it mentioned, including that a number of others have been injured.
“A couple of minutes after 12.30am native time, rescue companies obtained calls over a fountain collapsing on quite a few folks,” emergency companies mentioned in a publish on X, including that one other youth had been injured.
Native media reported that the fountain collapsed below the load of quite a few individuals who had climbed onto it to rejoice Spain’s first World Cup victory since 2010 within the football-mad nation.
