Tourists found dead in hotel sauna an hour after checking in
A family of four was found dead in a sauna just an hour after arriving at an Albanian hotel, police said.
The bodies of the tourists – identified in the media as Sergey Burenkov, 60, as well as their wife Natalya Burenkov, 58, from Russia, and their daughter Katya, 31, and her partner Nikita Belousov, 37 – were reportedly discovered on Friday. at five ‘o’ clock. star Gloria Palace Hotel in Qerret village by a member of hotel staff delivering the family’s food order.
“I repeatedly shouted that the drinks and the fruit were ready,” the hotel employee told Albanian media. “No one answered, so I walked into the sauna and saw them all. One person was lying on a deckchair; two were on the sauna benches. The last one was sitting with his legs in the pool. muffled.
Albanian authorities have confirmed that the tourists died of asphyxiation and are investigating whether the sauna ventilation system is faulty.
The resort is located near the beach.
The Russian Embassy in Tirana is also investigating the deaths of tourists.
The village of Qerret is located in Tirana County, in the lowland region of western Albania.
With post wires
