At least three deaths linked to the power outages
At least three people died in Spain in an incident linked to the reduction of a huge force that closed the country on Monday, the Civil Guard told the BBC.
They died in the northwestern municipality of Tabodella and were from the same family, according to the Spanish media.
According to what was reported, the police were investigating whether the first carbon monoxide from a defective electricity generator had played a role in their death, but the Civil Guard could not provide further details.
Officials are still working to confirm the reason for reducing the energy that sparked chaos throughout Spain and Portugal on Monday.
The trio, who died in TABOADELA, was a married couple and their adult son, according to Madrid -based El Pais.
Their bodies in their family were discovered by a care worker on Tuesday.
Local media reported that other deaths were under investigation, including a woman in Madrid died in a fire that might have been the cause of a candle used during a blackout.
The woman was found, in her fifties, dead Monday evening after a fire broke out in a building in the city of Carabanchail in the city.
Thirteen people were treated for smoke inhalation, including five people who were taken to the hospital, according to the city’s emergency information office.
Elsewhere, a woman died in her forties in Valencia, although there is no clear consensus in the Spanish media about the issue of her death.
Local police suggested that the woman, who suffered from the lung condition, died after the industrial respiration system was using the lost power during the power outage, according to media reports.
However, El Pais was cited with regional health sources that said that women suffer from a number of health conditions and that she had died for natural reasons.
Overwhelming disturbance has caused Spain and Portugal. Andorra and parts of France were affected.
In Spain and Portugal, traffic lights stopped working, the metro systems stopped, and companies were unable to accept card payments – which led to huge lists of lists in the few cash machines that were still working.
Initially, mobile phone networks also decreased, leaving many escape to get information.