At least nine people have deceasedincluding seven minorsthis Friday afternoon as a result of an explosion that set fire to the house in which they livedlocated in the Altos Mirandinos, in Caracas, Venezuela, as reported by local authorities.
“We want to inform the country that we are experiencing an unfortunate accident that occurred in one of the family homes, where there was an explosion according to information from the Fire Department, where there was an explosion and eight people from the same family have unfortunately died,” he said in a statement. a first moment the mayor of the Venezuelan capital, Carmen Meléndez, and this has been reported by the newspaper ‘El Nacional’.
The official has detailed that all the deceased were members of the same family and that, among them, was a baby just 15 days old life. Shortly afterwards, local media raised the number of fatalities from the incident to nine, citing sources from the Ministry of the Interior.
The fire would have broken out around 3:00 p.m. (local time) this Friday on the ground floor of the house, according to preliminary reports from the Fire Department cited by the same media, which has indicated that members of different security agencies were present. They are currently deployed in the area and an investigation has already been launched to clarify the causes of the incident.
