Gas leak in heater leaves one dead and two seriously injured in Monte Gordo

Gas leak in heater leaves one dead and two seriously injured in Monte Gordo

Alert was given in the early afternoon of this Thursday. The seriously injured were taken to Faro hospital.

One person died and two were injured as a result of a gas leak in a water heater in a house in Monte Gordo, municipality of Vila Real de Santo António.

GNR source informs that the The fatal victim is a 61-year-old womanand the injured, “severely”, are a woman, aged 32, and a man aged 67.

According to the source, “there are no suspicions of crime, but rather that of inhaling gas from a leak in a water heater“.

The alert was given at 12:41 this Thursday.

The victims were transported to Faro Hospital.

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