TWO holidaymakers were injured when a hot water pipe exploded at a Spanish hotel packed with British tourists.
Office worker Carol Gardener, 53, suffered a broken skull and severe burns when the pipe exploded next to her in the upmarket resort of Marbella.
Serious ... Carol Gardener
SolarPix She was breathing with the aid of a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit today.
Friend Julie Loud, 45, suffered a leg injury in the freak accident outside the three-star hotel where they were enjoying a week's holiday.
The pair, from Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, were injured as they walked along a side street running next to the 311-room Cortijo Blanco hotel between Marbella and San Pedro.
The force of the explosion knocked them off their feet and blasted them several feet into the air.
Mum-of-two Carol was knocked unconscious and was airlifted to a specialist neurosurgical unit at a hospital in Malaga after initial treatment to stabilise her at a general hospital.
The blast sent bricks and mortar flying across the street at about 9.30am this morning.
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