The victim of the gas explosion in Andratx dies in hospitalB. Ramon
He 53 year old man that on the night of last March 4 suffered very serious burns in a gas explosion that destroyed the house where he lived, in Andratx, He died last Tuesday morning at the Vall d’Hebron hospital in Barcelona., where he was admitted. The man came to comment after being rescued by emergency services that had intentionally caused the explosion in a suicide attempt.
The explosion occurred around eleven at night on March 4, in a home in the Nord street in Andratx. The explosion blew up the first floor of the house, where Miguel Ángel AP, 53, lived, who suffered very serious burnswhile the tenant on the ground floor, a 61-year-old man, He miraculously emerged from the rubble unharmed.
The resident on the first floor was rescued and evacuated in critical condition to Son Espases. Given the severity of the burns he suffered, the doctors decided his urgent transfer to the Vall d’Hebron hospital in Barcelona, which has a service specialized in the treatment of large burns. The man has remained there for a month and a half. He ultimately has not been able to overcome the severity of his injuries and In the early hours of last Tuesday he died in the hospital.
After the explosion, the Civil Guard and the Local Police had to evict a family from the adjacent house, due to the risk of collapse, and kept the street closed to avoid accidents due to a possible collapse. The man who died even told the emergency services when they rescued him that he had caused the explosion intentionally, in a suicide attempt.
