British woman killed in gas explosion at bar in Spanish holiday hotspot
The 56-year-old was one of two women killed when a butane canister ignited at the Casa Javi bar in San Pedro del Pinatar in Murcia (Picture: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar)
A British woman has died in a gas explosion at a bar in southern Spain.
The 56-year-old was one of two women killed when a butane canister ignited at the Casa Javi bar in San Pedro del Pinatar in Murcia last Thursday.
She is believed to have been heading to the weekly market when she was caught in the blast. Another 17 people were injured.
Her death was confirmed today in a social media post from the local council.
The other victim was the bar owner, a Moroccan woman so far only named as Hind, who was said to have suffered severe burns, El Español reported.
Police, ambulances and fire engines rushed to the bar shortly after midday on June 19 following the powerful explosion.
Photos taken at the scene show what appears to have been a window which is blown out and debris strewn across the pavement outside.
Police, ambulances and fire engines rushed to the bar shortly after midday on June 19 following the powerful explosion (Picture: Europa Press via Getty Images)
The owner of a shop nearby said: ‘My entire business shook, the windows and everything.’
No cause has yet been officially determined, but a Judicial Police inspection ruled the gas cylinder’s seal had been ‘sabotaged’, according to reports.
The local council wrote on X: ‘From the San Pedro del Pinatar local council we want to express our most sincere condolences over the deaths of two people who were seriously injured in an explosion in Lo Pagan on June 19.’
Metro has contacted the foreign office for more information.
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