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Madrid skyscraper fire is under control, police say

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MADRID, June ‌23 (Reuters) - A fire ​that broke out in a Madrid ⁠skyscraper on Tuesday afternoon has been brought under control ​and no one was injured, ‌police told Reuters.

The building housing the energy company Moeve, in ⁠the capital's financial ⁠district, was earlier evacuated after heavy smoke was detected, according to witnesses, one ‌of whom said they had ⁠to walk down ‌34 floors.

One witness ​told Reuters she saw smoke and smelled fumes before ‌the building's alarm ​went off.  ⁠Images captured by witnesses ‌showed smoke ⁠coming out of the floors in the middle section of ​the 49-storey ‌building.

(Reporting by Emma Pinedo, Jesús ⁠Aguado and ​Javier West Larrañaga, editing by ​Andrei Khalip.)

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