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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Luke O'Reilly

Carbon monoxide poisoning ‘primary line of inquiry’ in care home deaths probe

(Patricia Garnel/PA) - (PA Media)

Police investigating the deaths of three people at a care home in Swanage are pursuing potential carbon monoxide poisoning as their “primary line of inquiry”.

Dorset Police Chief Superintendent Heather Dixey told the press that seven people were also in hospital as a result of the incident at Gainsborough Care Home in Ulwell Road on Wednesday.

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