Overview
- The victims, identified as a couple and their two teenage children, were found shortly after 3 p.m. inside a residence on Calle Pontil in Torrox.
- Emergency service 112 Andalucía received a 3:20 p.m. alert reporting a possible gas escape and people lying on the floor inside the home.
- Medical teams with a mobile ICU, firefighters from Nerja and Vélez-Málaga, and Guardia Civil patrols responded to the scene, along with local police.
- The Torrox town hall decreed three days of official mourning and called a silent gathering for Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in the Plaza de la Constitución.
- Investigators are working to confirm the cause, with an initial hypothesis pointing to carbon monoxide from faulty combustion in a heater or boiler.