Blast at Spain's Barcelona port kills one person, emergency services say
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

A fatal explosion at Barcelona's port during maintenance work killed one person. The subsequent fire has been extinguished, emergency services report.
MADRID (Reuters) - A blast at the Port of Barcelona has killed a person and "affected" another, emergency services in the region of Catalonia said on Tuesday, adding the ensuing fire had been put out.
In a post on social messaging platform X, the emergency services said the explosion took place during maintenance work at the so-called Energy Dock, where chemical products are loaded.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by David Latona)
The main topic is an explosion at the Port of Barcelona that resulted in one death and a fire that has been extinguished.
The explosion occurred at the Energy Dock in the Port of Barcelona, Spain.
The explosion happened during maintenance work involving chemical products at the Energy Dock.
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