Overview
- Emergency services received a 112 call around 10:30 a.m. on Christmas Day reporting an unconscious adult and a 12-year-old at a house on Calle de la Virgen in Baltanás, Palencia.
- The boy was pronounced dead at the scene, and three relatives were transported to Hospital Río Carrión for treatment.
- A 33-year-old man was taken by mobile intensive care unit, while a 21-year-old woman and a 2-year-old girl traveled by basic life-support ambulance.
- Responders included the Guardia Civil, the Palencia provincial fire brigade, and Sacyl teams, with local health center staff activated.
- The Guardia Civil has opened an investigation to confirm whether carbon monoxide exposure linked to a 'gloria' heating system caused the incident.