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Two residents stand on a balcony, prior to being 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. Flames and vast clouds of black smoke engulfed the building, with 22 teams of firefighters battling high winds to tackle the blaze, the 112 emergency services said. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the emergency services said seven people had been lightly injured: a minor, three adults and three firefighters, most of them suffering from smoke inhalation. (Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/JOSE JORDAN)