The Departmental Fire Department of Guatemala reported on Monday the death of seven people, including four minors, due to a fire, presumably caused by a gas leak, in the department of San Marcos.
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The incident was declared in the early hours of Monday morning in the Sibinal community, 300 kilometers northwest of the capital, Guatemala City.
According to local media, the neighbors raised the alarm, but when the emergency forces arrived, the inhabitants of the house, belonging to the same family, had died from the fire.
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Zone 1 of Sibinal San Marcos, fire in a house leaves seven people dead, Departmental Municipal Firefighters put out the fire and coordinate personnel from the National Civil Police and the Public Ministry. pic.twitter.com/yHhKlPnIE9
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January 30, 2023
Official reports highlight that the victims were identified as 35-year-old Miguel González; Lucía González, 20; Francilia Chilel, 25; Carla Gonzales, 12 years old; Eliza Gonzales, 10; Frank Gonzales, 7, and José González, only two years old.
Although it is suspected that the catastrophe could have been caused by a propane gas leak, the competent authorities have not yet determined the causes of the event.
This event joins the one that occurred at the end of 2022 in the indigenous community of the department of Sacatepéquez, in the southwest of the Central American country, when a family of 12 members died in similar conditions.
Disclaimer: Via Telesur – Translated by RJ983
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