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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Worker at Dorset care home where three died was among those taken to hospital

A firefighter and a police officer at the home's entrance
Police and firefighters remained at the scene in Swanage on Thursday. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

A member of staff was among those taken to hospital in a suspected carbon monoxide leak believed to have resulted in the deaths of three people at a Dorset care home.

As police and firefighters continued to investigate the tragedy at the Gainsborough care home in Swanage, it also emerged that one of the victims, an 86-year-old woman, had lived at the home with her sister, who survived and was among those evacuated. Two men aged 91 and 74 also died.

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