http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050206/ap_on_re_eu/spain_gas_deaths

Really tragic!

It's just awful, Eddie the article has some minor inaccuracies or is not very complete.
The tragic event has taken place at an 'albergue', sort of like a rural, very basic hostel, I guess. A man had thrown a party to celebrate his 50th. B-day, there were 50 guests, thirty of which, because there were big carnival festivities in the nearby town of Vinaroz, decided to go party instead and probably saved their lives that way. From the 20 that stayed, the host and his partner slept in another room because the rest insisted they had a more private and intimate night....and they saved their lives for certain! They were also the ones that discovered the bodies of their 18 dead friends the next morning!
All the 5 members of the band hired to perform during the shinding have died, including a 19-year-old.
It's yet to be said if the gas heaters that burnt badly were provided by the 'albergue' or the guests brough them themselves....
At least they had a peaceful death.

Those poor people!

That really is a terrible shame. My goodness. So very very sad.

Yes it's unbelievable. So many famlies devastated overnight, I can't imagine what they must be going through. My heart goes out to them.

Portable gas heaters & stoves can be very, very dangerous so any one using one please use extreme caution.

For more information please check out this link:
Carbon Monoxide poisoning saftey information

Sorry, don't mean to repeat myself here but:

Anyone using any kind of equipment that burns any kind of fuel in an enclosed space should really, really check out the link above. It could save your life.

Absolutely!!!

Cause, after all, their deaths weren't as peaceful as we were led to believe. Some bodies were found by the door, they had tried to escape but couldn't work it out!

Thanks for that link. During the hurricanes that buffeted Florida last September, scores of people died because they placed their generators inside the house. Dying like those in Spain.
A tragedy for those families and loved ones.