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Elderly British woman killed as gas explosion rips apart flat in Torre del Mar
Agustín Peláez / Juan Cano
An elderly woman died and her husband, 89, was injured in a gas explosion in an apartment in Torre del Mar at around 7.15 am on Wednesday morning. The flat has been the home of a British couple for several years. According to neighbours, the woman ... evacuated, and residents are not expected to be able to return to their homes for some time, as a technical study will be required to assess the safety of the building. José Manuel García, 72, lives in the flat below the British couple and was in bed when ... see my flat’s roof beams. I couldn’t open the door because of the rubble,” he said. inside the apartment.SUR José Manuel added that he remembered another explosion, 30 years ago, in a fruit shop across the road. “That explosion broke my front door