Fire at Spanish retirement home kills at least 10 people

Relatives waiting for news outside the nursing home where least 10 people have died in a fire in Zaragoza, Spain (Ferran Mallol/AP)

At least 10 people died in a fire at a retirement home in Spain before firefighters managed to extinguish it, local authorities have reported.

Authorities were alerted to the blaze early on Friday morning in Villafranca de Ebro, around 28 kilometres (18 miles) from the north-eastern city of Zaragoza.