Malaga 112: elderly woman dies in house fire
A call around 7.30am reported that there was an elderly couple trapped inside the two-floor house in the Puerto de la Torre district
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
An 85-year-old woman died in a house fire in Malaga's Puerto de la Torre district in the early hours of Wednesday morning. One of the hypothesis is that an oxygen cylinder might have played a role in the fire.
The emergency services received a call around 7.30am. The callers reported that there was a fire inside a two-floor house and that there was an elderly couple trapped inside. A man was calling for help.
When the firefighters and the police arrived at the scene, someone had already taken out the man. His wife, however, was still on the second floor. According to sources, she had reduced mobility.
The health services confirmed the woman's death and attended to her husband.
The initial inspection points to a combination of factors that might have contributed to the devastating fire, including an oxygen cylinder, a brazier or a cigarette.
Although the woman's body and the room where the fire must have started were badly damaged, the inspection was able to ascertain that she had been using an oxygen cylinder, which could have accelerated the spread and virulence of the flames.
