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Judi Lynn

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Mon Mar 26, 2018, 07:04 PM Mar 2018

Iowa family killed by gas leak from boiler at Mexican vacation rental, state official says

Source: NBC News

While officials say a "high charge" of gas escaped from the boiler, it remains unclear whether the condo was equipped with proper gas detectors.
by Elizabeth Chuck / Mar.26.2018 / 2:39 PM ET



A gas leak suspected of killing an American family in Mexico is believed to have come from the boiler in their vacation rental, a Mexican official said Monday.

Kevin and Amy Sharp and children Sterling, 12, and Adrianna, 7, were found dead last Friday at the Tulum condominium where they were staying.

Over the weekend, Mexican authorities said the family was killed by "asphyxia by inhalation of toxic gases," although they didn't say what type of gas had killed them and had not identified the source.

On Monday, Miguel Angel Pech, state attorney for the Yucatan Peninsula state of Quintana Roo, told Mexican talk radio network Radio Formula that authorities were eyeing the boiler as the cause of the leak.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/iowa-family-killed-boiler-gas-leak-mexican-vacation-rental-state-n860136

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Iowa family killed by gas leak from boiler at Mexican vacation rental, state official says (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2018 OP
So tragic. Could happen to anyone. Laffy Kat Mar 2018 #1
Sad Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #2
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