Granada, (EFE).- The National Police have already located the father of the six-year-old boy who died in the early hours of this Monday during a fire in a house in Granada. And he has ruled out any relationship with the event. Since he was in another community and did not live with the mother of the minor, who is still in the ICU.
As reported to EFE by sources of the investigation, the National Police has already located the father of the minor who died during the fire and the deflagration registered in the early hours of this Monday in a house in La Chana, in the capital of Granada.
The man was there the night and early morning of the events in Murcia. Region in which he stayed due to his work as a transporter, which rules out any involvement in the fire.
The same sources have specified that the child’s father did not live with the family in the damaged home. And that the mother had filed half a dozen complaints against him for sexist violence, although they were all filed.
The Government delegate in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, explained to journalists’ questions during an act in Almería that these complaints were filed between 2018 and 2020 and are archived.
Expert tests on the stove
Fernández has also pointed out that all the remaining hypotheses are still open. And that the work of the Scientific Police will be essential to clarify the circumstances surrounding the accident.
In addition to regretting the tragic event and wishing the mother a speedy recovery, the Government delegate in Andalusia explained that expert tests are being carried out. To determine how the gas leak burner was before the explosion.
The National Police, which has taken charge of the case, has detailed in a statement that the investigation remains open. And that no arrests have been recorded.
According to the first indications of the Firefighters, the fire originated in a gas stove located in the kitchen. Which presented two of the open fire regulators, which would have generated a bag of gas that ended in the deflagration.
Mother admitted with burns on her body
The chief of the Granada Fire Department, Gustavo Molino, pointed out this Monday that the explosion would have occurred when the victim or his mother turned on the light switch to go to the bathroom. What generated a deflagration that hit the minor.
The victim’s mother, a 47-year-old woman, has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Granada Traumatology Hospital since Monday. She for the burns to a large part of her body that she suffered during the fire.
As health sources have explained to EFE, it remains stable within the severity.
On the other hand, the mayor of Granada, Francisco Cuenca, has offered municipal support to the affected family and their entourage. And he has clarified that the City Council will be in charge of the social burial of the minor.
In addition to social and economic means, he added that the City Council will attend to any other social need of the mother.