Three people died in a house fire in Spain early on Monday morning, according to the authorities.
A further 15 people were injured in the fire in the coastal town of Villajoyosa in the province of Alicante in the east of the country. Most of them suffered from smoke inhalation but are now said to be safe and well.
According to official information, the fatalities were were a 5-year-old boy as well as the child's father and grandmother.
The boy was hugging his dog when he died, the newspaper El Mundo and other Spanish media reported, citing firefighters who discovered the body.
The emergency services said the fire broke out in a flat on the 11th floor at around 2 am (0100 GMT), and was extinguished after around five and a half hours.
The cause of the fire was an overloaded electrical socket in the living room.
Everyone who was in the building has been accounted for.
Villajoyosa is a seaside resort on the Mediterranean with a population of just under 35,000 and is located in the region of Valencia.
Ten people died in a major high-rise fire in the eponymous capital of the popular holiday region on February 22.
