MADRID: A teen died and several 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).
“The town corridor of Ciudad Rodrigo expresses its disappointment and presents its condolences for the dying of a boy of 13,” the municipality mentioned on a Fb publish.
“What ought to have been a celebration of Spain’s group 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 providers acquired calls over a fountain collapsing on quite a few folks,” emergency providers 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.
