This is how the fire began that burned down a building in less than an hour in Valencia, Spain

As the hours go by, images and videos come to light that show how thefire that burned a residential building in Valencia, Spain, where five deaths have already been confirmed and 14 missing are reported.

The fire started on Thursday at 5:30 pm and in less than an hour the 14-story building had already completely burned.

"In case it helps to understand how a building can go up in flames in a few minutes. It caught me right in the area," said Carlos Estella on Twitter, who shared a video recorded at 5:37 pm, a few minutes after the incident began. .

The tragedy originated when the awning of a seventh-floor apartment caught fire, which according toABC, was empty at that time.

A witness who lives opposite reported that "the awning of one floor caught fire and from there it spread to the entire façade of the building."

The man, named José, immediately called the firefighters.

"It is undeniable that the fire spread through the façade. From the awning it went to the façade, quickly to both sides of the balcony," he explained toThe Spanish.

This Friday, the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community confirmed the death of five people.

On Thursday afternoon, after the fire was put out, firefighters announced that it was impossible for there to be any survivors. Shortly after, a Department drone detected four bodies on a balcony.

Among the missing is a young couple with a two-year-old child and a baby just two weeks old. According to the newspaperLevante, the fire trapped them inside the apartment and they tried to take refuge in the bathroom.

The fire spread from the façade of the building inwards, spreading to the entire building and to another annex.

Although the investigation into the causes of the incident should take several days, experts point out that the rapid transmission of the flames could be due to the polyurethane, the material that covered the property.

"It seems that the important thing is in the thermal insulation of polyurethane foam," he told the newspaper. The world Manuel Montesdeoca Calderín, director of the Department of Architectural Construction of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Juan Antonio de Diego, an expert insurance appraiser and expert on the structure of the burned building, agreed with him, pointing out that "the polyurethane on the façade turned the building into a chimney", also helped by the strong wind.