2024-08-12 23:27:41
Firefighters are trying to clarify the cause of the fire in Lanco which, in addition to the victims, left two brothers in critical condition.
Two minor brothers died and two others were seriously injured as a result of a fire that affected their house early this morning in the commune of Lanco, in the Los Ríos Region.
According to the report of the Investigative Police (PDI), the accident It occurred in the two-story building, located on Bernardo O’Higgins Streetwhere four brothers, aged 5, 7, 16 and 21, respectively, spent the night.
In the early hours of this Tuesday, and for reasons that are being investigated, a fire broke out in the house in which two of the minors died, while a third along with the 21-year-old, suffered serious injuries as a result of the flames, so They were transferred to the Base Hospital in Valdivia.
The timely arrival of five fire companies and the work of volunteers prevented the fire from spreading to neighboring residences.
Parents were not present at the time of the fire
Once they were able to enter the place, they found the bodies of the victims who died in the fire in Lanco, who had 5 and 16 years old.
According to the commander of the Lanco Fire Department, Michael Navarro, at the time of the fire the parents of the fatal victims were not in the house.because they were working outside the commune“, he reported.
While personnel from the Fire Department’s Technical Studies Department began work to determine the origin of the flames, The Prosecutor’s Office determined that the case be investigated by the Criminalistics Laboratory and the Homicide Brigade of the PDI.