At least four people are dead and 14 injured, after fire engulfed a high-rise apartment complex in the Spanish city of Valencia

Firefighters were seen rescuing people from balconies, using cranes to reach those trapped on high floors

The city’s mayor says there are between nine and 15 people who have not yet been located

There are fears that highly flammable cladding on the building’s facade may have helped the fire spread – as in the 2017 tragedy at London’s Grenfell Tower

Some 450 people are believed to live in the apartment blocks, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais.

Temperatures inside the apartment blocks are far too high for firefighters to enter, even though most of the fire is out.

For the moment they are busy dousing the blackened remains of the building to cool it down, but flames have been seen reigniting at the rear so it could take some time.

Firefighters did manage to rescue some of the building’s residents last night, and several were injured doing so, but Spanish media say they could not reach the top two floors in the 14-floor apartment blocks.

Drones have spent the night and this morning flying over and around the structure to help with the search.

And it’s not just firefighters who are trying to get into the wrecked buildings. Spain’s forensic police are waiting to go in with them to find out what caused Valencia’s worst fire on record, and why it spread so fast with such deadly consequences.

The military’s emergency unit is also taking part in the operation.

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