An immigrant has died following a fire at a shanty settlement in the San Jorge industrial estate in , . Emergencies 112 Andalucía received reports at 9:00 AM, prompting a large response from police, firefighters and the .
The Huelva Provincial Firefighters Consortium confirmed the blaze affected twenty shanties. Four firefighters from San Juan del Puerto attended the scene, though intense smoke initially prevented a judge from accessing the victim. The cause remains unknown.
This settlement, one of Huelva's largest, houses agricultural workers year-round. The tragedy follows a similar fatal fire in the province on 12 September and a major blaze at this same site in May 2023, which destroyed 120 shanties and caused one injury.