Three people found dead following 'critical incident' at Dorset care home
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThree people have been found dead and four people have been taken to hospital after an incident at a Dorset care home, police said.
Emergency services are at the scene at Gainsborough Care Home in Ulwell Road in Swanage. The care home has been evacuated and the remaining residents have been taken to a safe location.
Dorset Police said an investigation has been launched and the deaths are currently being treated as "unexplained". READ MORE: Pregnant woman who died after Leeds high rise fall named as baby fights for life However, a Dorset Council councillor suggested the incident "could be attributable to carbon monoxide".
Katie Lobban, a spokesperson for SGN, a gas distribution company, said they were called to Gainsborough Care Home in Swanage earlier on Wednesday as the national gas emergency service for the south of England.
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