A 56-year-old woman died and 18 others were injured in a fire at the Padre Menni psychiatric clinic in Pamplona on Saturday evening, authorities said.
The blaze broke out around 8:55 p.m. in a ground-floor room of the Granada building within the clinic’s complex on Paseo de los Enamorados, according to the Navarran government. Firefighters extinguished the flames quickly, but smoke spread through parts of the facility, forcing the evacuation of about 50 patients, who were temporarily relocated. One of the injured, a 62-year-old man, was admitted to the intensive care unit at the Hospital Universitario de Navarra, while two others remained in stable condition in the recovery ward. The rest suffered minor smoke inhalation, officials said.
Six of the injured were clinic staff. Emergency responders deployed two advanced life support ambulances, six basic life support ambulances, and a medical team, with a logistics tent set up by Bidean, Navarra’s public medical transport service. Fire crews from Trinitarios and Cordovilla stations, along with National Police and Pamplona Municipal Police, secured the area.
The clinic, run by the Hospitalarias Navarra Foundation, is a regional reference center for mental health care. The foundation expressed “profound sorrow” over the death and extended condolences to the victim’s family, while wishing a “speedy and full recovery” to the hospitalized. Authorities said the cause of the fire remains under investigation, with early hypotheses suggesting it may have been deliberately set. Police have taken charge of the inquiry.
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