A 30-YEAR-OLD woman has died after spending two hours cleaning her kitchen with ammonia, according to emergency services in Madrid.
Paramedics say they were called out to a home on the C/ San Herculano in the San Blas neighbourhood of the city when the victim began to feel 'dizzy and light-headed', at around 15.00 yesterday (Monday).
By the time they arrived, she had collapsed unconscious and was not breathing, and ambulance workers could not find a pulse.
After half an hour of giving her CPR, they pronounced her dead at the scene.
Ammonia is often used in Spanish households for deep-cleaning hard surfaces, such as tiles, and is sold among the cleaning products in most supermarkets.
Residents have been warned to take extra care if they use this or any other potentially-toxic agents for cleaning.
A MAN declared dead at his home in the province of Tarragona was on his way to the funeral parlour when he turned out to be alive, according to police sources.
A NEW child protection law named after a British musician living in Spain has been approved in Congress and is set to be signed off by the Council of Ministers on Tuesday, June 8.
