Spanish · Emergencias 112
You report a fire: what to say in Spanish
You report a fire.
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How it's done. In a fire leave the building, don't use the lift and call 112; give the address, floor and whether people are inside; fire fighters are bomberos.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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1
YOU START
¡Hay un incendio en el edificio!
Igh oon een-SAYN-dyoh en el eh-dee-FEE-syoh!
There's a fire in the building!
THEY SAY
¿Cuál es la dirección?Koo-AHL es lah dee-rek-SYOHN?
What's the address?
They might also say:
¿Dónde está? Dígame la dirección.
DOHN-deh es-TAH? DEE-guh-meh lah dee-rek-SYOHN.
Where is it? Tell me the address.
2
YOU REPLY
Calle Goya, número doce. Sale humo del tercero.
KAH-eh GOH-ah, NOO-meh-roh DOH-seh. SAH-leh OO-moh del tehr-SEH-roh.
Calle Goya, number twelve. Smoke is coming from the third floor.
THEY SAY
Salgan del edificio y no usen el ascensor. Los bomberos van para allá.SAHL-gahn del eh-dee-FEE-syoh ee noh OO-sayn el uhs-sayn-SOR. Los bom-BEH-ros bahn PAH-ruh uh-AH.
Leave the building and don't use the lift. The fire fighters are on their way.
3
YOU FINISH
Estamos saliendo ya.
Es-TAH-mos suh-LYAYN-doh yah.
We are leaving now.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Espérenlos fuera del edificio.Mooy byayn. Es-PEH-rayn-los foo-EH-ruh del eh-dee-FEE-syoh.
Very well. Wait for them outside the building.
Words worth knowing
incendio
een-SAYN-dyoh
noun
fire
edificio
eh-dee-FEE-syoh
noun
building
es
es
verb
is
dirección
dee-rek-SYOHN
noun
address
Calle
KAH-eh
noun
street
número
NOO-meh-roh
noun
number
Sale
SAH-leh
verb
leaves
humo
OO-moh
noun
smoke
tercero
tehr-SEH-roh
adjective
third
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If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
¡Gracias!
GRAH-syuhs!
Thank you!
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