{"id":594777,"date":"2025-11-26T10:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/594777\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T10:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:20:16","slug":"moroccan-family-dies-in-spain-after-carbon-monoxide-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/594777\/","title":{"rendered":"Moroccan Family Dies in Spain After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabat \u2013 A Moroccan family of four died on Tuesday from carbon monoxide poisoning in the town of Torrox, in Spain\u2019s southern province of Malaga.<\/p>\n<p>According to local media reports, the victims, two adults and two teenagers, likely suffered from toxic fumes emitted from a faulty domestic heating device inside their home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2025\/02\/175146\/three-moroccan-american-women-found-dead-in-belize-resort-room\/\" rel=\"noopener\">alerted<\/a> in the early afternoon, after the bodies were discovered in a residence located in the El Pontil neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, rescue teams confirmed the deaths of the four family members.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish press identified the victims as a couple in their fifties and their two sons, aged 17 and 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary findings from the investigation suggest that the tragedy occurred overnight, when a buildup of carbon monoxide accumulated inside the house without being detected.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2025\/09\/260511\/five-people-die-from-suffocation-in-septic-tank-accident-in-moroccos-chichaoua\/\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> an inquiry to determine the exact circumstances of the incident, once again raising concerns about the dangers posed by defective or poorly ventilated heating systems, particularly during colder months.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy has sent shockwaves through the local community in Torrox and the Moroccan diaspora in Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rabat \u2013 A Moroccan family of four died on Tuesday from carbon monoxide poisoning in the town of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[186980,2000,299,186981,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-594777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-carbon-monoxide-poisoning","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-moroccan-family","12":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115615499795102813","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}