Police investigate whether Mijas house fire concealed double murder

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Once they finished the extinguishing tasks, the firefighters discovered the bodies of two women with injuries that suggest a violent death prior to the fire on Wednesday morning

Irene Quirante and María José Díaz Alcalá

The Guardia Civil in Mijas are investigating the deaths of a woman and her daughter, whose bodies were found inside a house that burned down in the early hours on Wednesday.

The leading hypothesis suggests that the fire may have been intentionally started to conceal a double murder, given that the bodies showed signs of prior injuries consistent with violent death.

The emergency services first received alerts about a residential building fire at around 2.15am. The dispatcher immediately sent firefighters, the Guardia Civil, the Local Police and emergency medical personnel.

After extinguishing the flames, the firefighters entered the house, where they found the bodies of the two victims. According to sources, they were a woman in her 60s and her daughter, approximately 30 years old.

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