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Massacure Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 05:53 PM
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18 killed in Spain in gas accident, two survivors
MADRID (AFP) - Eighteen young people in Spain were gassed to death at a country inn, apparently due to a gas leak while they were sleeping after spending all night celebrating a birthday, emergency services said.

Officials said there were only two survivors from the group who stayed the night at the San Christobal inn in the village of Todolella, in eastern Spain. The bodies of the victims were found at 4:30 pm (1530 GMT).

The two survivors, who were sleeping further away from the gas leak than the others, were found unconscious and taken to hospital.

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Preliminary investigations suggested a butane gas container had either leaked or been improperly closed, causing carbon monoxide poisoning.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&ncid=732&e=1&u=/afp/20050206/wl_afp/spainaccident
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