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<\/p>\nA FAMILY-OF-FOUR all died while on holiday at a five star hotel after reportedly suffering from "asphyxia".<\/p>\n
The mum, dad and two grown up children were all found dead in and around the resort's sauna complex at the Gloria Palace Hotel in Albania.<\/p>\n
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Police have launched an investigation as the parents, aged 60 and 59, died alongside their daughter, 31, and her partner, 37.<\/p>\n
Mystery surrounds their deaths as they all perished within minutes of each other. <\/p>\n
But one theory being probed is they all suffered asphyxia after being overcome by fumes.<\/p>\n
Asphyxia is where the body does not get enough oxygen and shuts down – and it can be caused by suffocating gases.<\/p>\n
They had recently checked into hotel when they all went into the sauna complex and pool area.<\/p>\n
The family had ordered food and drinks and were waiting to be served when they died.<\/p>\n
All four were found by a waiter who turned up carrying their beverages.<\/p>\n
\u201cI shouted several times that the drinks and the fruit were ready,\u201d said a hotel worker, as quoted by Albanian media.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo-one answered, so I walked inside the sauna and saw them all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOne person was lying on a sun bed, two were on the (sauna) benches. The last one was sitting down with his legs in the pool.\u00a0<\/p>\n
"They [had] all suffocated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reports said the hotel\u2019s entire staff had been questioned in a resort some 30 miles west of capital Tirana.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A source\u00a0said: \u201cThey had only arrived at the hotel an hour before the tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Investigations were underway to determine whether there was a technical failure of the sauna system, or inadequate care of the\u00a0tourists\u00a0by the hotel staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alcohol consumption by the victims was also being examined.<\/p>\n
A police statement said: \u201cAt around 10pm in Qerret, Kavaja the dead bodies of\u00a0four people with Russian nationality were found in a sauna.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of them had been asphyxiated.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sun Online has contacted the hotel for comment. <\/p>\n
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