Mother and baby remain in hospital after blast kills five-year old in Madrid
STORY: Mother and baby remain in hospital after blast kills five-year old in Madrid
DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:01
LOCATION: Madrid
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST: (Courtesy of Emergencies Madrid)
1. the fire caused by the explosion
2. various of the building, firefighters, policemen and ambulances
STORYLINE:
A 30-year-old mother and her nine-month-old baby remained in hospital on Friday after a gas explosion which killed a five-year-old late on Thursday night.
The explosion, which is thought to have been caused by a butane gas bottle, ripped through a third floor flat in the sleeper town of Alcorcon, on the outskirts of Madrid, killing the five-year-old brother of the baby.
Both the mother and the baby were discovered without heartbeat, but emergency services were able to restart their hearts. The baby was taken to the La Paz hospital in Madrid, while the mother was taken to the burns unit in the nearby Getafe hospital.
The hospitals released communiques on Friday saying the mother was "stable wit
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