An 86 -year -old man dies in an early morning fire in his argañosa floor

An 86 -year -old man died at his home at number 3 of Bernardo Casielles, in the Barrio de la Argañosa, in a fire that occurred over half past two in the morning of this Tuesday.

After the warning of the neighbors to the emergency services for the presence of smoke, the Local Police and Firefighters went to the place. After accessing the low floor of the building they found the deceased man. The cause, even to be certified, is due to the inhalation of smoke or for burns, according to sources of the Department of Citizen Security.

An ambulance also appeared in the neighborhood of La Argañosa; But nothing could be done for the life of the octogenarian, whose removal of the body took place well advanced at dawn.

The news of the sad death soon extended in the neighborhood. David Rodríguez Martínez, owner of the San Antonio butcher shop, at number 1 on Bernardo Casielles, explained that the victim was a client of his establishment. The man, of “Argentine nationality,” he said, found death “by inhalation of smoke,” although, he added that “I cannot assure it; What seems clear is that it turned on a candle and that everything left, for a bad candle … ».

The butcher, affected, stressed that the deceased was a person “believer and every day he turned on a saint and asked for something. In the end, I used to turn it off before bedtime, but I think this time did not and the problem came … ».

The death occurred hours after Oviedo recovered from the historic blackout. The authorities cannot, therefore, blame the cause of the death of electricity.