At least nine people were killed by a huge fire that ripped through an apartment block in an affluent district of Spain's third largest city, Valencia, authorities said on Friday.

The complex in Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city, was made up of a 14-story building and a shorter building, with a total of 138 apartments, according to Mr. Sendra.

In 2021, he made the move more permanent by purchasing a 90-square-meter (about 970-square-foot) apartment in a Modernist building from the mid-1920s in Barcelona’s lively Sant Antoni neighborhood.