Officials in Spain cancelled two La Liga soccer games after a massive fire ripped through the city of Valencia, killing at least four people and resulting in up to 15 others missing, according to multiple reports.
The two-block blaze tore through multiple apartment buildings in the city’s Campanar neighborhood, according to Emergències 112CV.
Spain‘s La Liga postponed Valencia CF and Levante UD’s games after the clubs requested them to do so. (RELATED: NFL’s Quest For World Dominance Takes Football To Spain, One Of Earth’s Most Beautiful Countries)
“Levante UD has requested La Liga to postpone the match corresponding to Matchday 28 of LaLiga that the Levante team will play against FC Andorra tomorrow,” Levante said in a statement. “This request is motivated by the tragic event that occurred yesterday afternoon in the capital of Túria after the fire of a building in the Campanar neighborhood.”
Two residents wait on a balcony to be rescued, as firefighters battle a huge fire raging through a multistorey residential block in Valencia on February 22, 2024. Spanish firefighters were battling a huge fire raging through a multistorey residential block in the eastern port city of Valencia today, the emergency services said. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)
A huge fire rages through a multistorey residential block in Valencia on February 22, 2024. Spanish firefighters were battling a huge fire raging through a multistorey residential block in the eastern port city of Valencia today, the emergency services said. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)
La Liga teams across the league will recognize the victims of the tragedy by observing a minute of silence before all matches this weekend, La Liga Extra reported.
A minute’s silence will be observed during all La Liga matches this weekend in memory of the victims of the fire in Valencia. 🙏
La Liga and its clubs offer their condolences to all those affected. pic.twitter.com/IV0jjZJsay
— LaLigaExtra (@LaLigaExtra) February 23, 2024
Firefighters inspect the aftermath of a huge fire that yesterday raged through a multistorey residential block killing at least four people, in Valencia on February 23, 2024. At least four people have died in a vast fire that ripped through a 14-storey apartment block in Valencia in eastern Spain, but officials warned today that the death toll could rise sharply. Fourteen people are still missing, the regional administrator said. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)
A dron is used to inspect the aftermath of a huge fire that yesterday raged through a multistorey residential block killing at least four people, in Valencia on February 23, 2024. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (C), speaks to members of the media a day after a huge fire raged through a multistorey residential block killing at least four people, in Valencia on February 23, 2024. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Firefighters inspect the aftermath of a huge fire that yesterday raged through a multistorey residential block killing at least four people, in Valencia on February 23, 2024. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)
VALENCIA, SPAIN – APRIL 30: Uros Racic of Valencia CF battles for possession with Pepelu of Levante during the LaLiga Santander match between Valencia CF and Levante UD at Estadio Mestalla on April 30, 2022 in Valencia, Spain. (Photo by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images)
Valencia will also fly its flags at half mast over the weekend. “In line with the three days of mourning declared in the Valencian Community, Valencia CF will leave the flags at half-mast in its facilities and has included a symbolic crepe in its avatars on social networks,” the team said in a statement.
