By Devin Watkins
Many residents in Calle de Toledo in Madrid were having lunch on Wednesday when a massive explosion rocked the area.
Authorities in the Spanish capital said the blast was likely caused by a gas leak on the upper stories of a building owned by the Catholic Church. Three people died when the top five stories of the building blew apart.
A Catholic priest was pulled from the rubble and taken to hospital. Father Rubén Pérez Ayala, 36, died from his wounds early Thursday morning.
The other three victims included a local electrician who was working on the building’s boiler, an 85-year-old Spanish woman, and a Bulgarian citizen. Eleven others were injured in the blast.
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