Tragedy as British girl, 3, dies in swimming pool on Costa del Sol

A three-year-old British girl has drowned after falling into a swimming pool on Spain's Costa del Sol.

Emergency responders tried to save the young child after receiving a 999 call around midday today (Wednesday). However, she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have launched an investigation into tragedy but, at this stage, the girl's death is being treated as an accident, the Mirror reports.

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The country house where the incident happened is located just off the Costa del Sol, between the coastal town of Torrox and the inland town of Sayalonga, in an area known as Pago de Montealegre. It has not yet been confirmed whether the child was holidaying at the house with her parents or lived at the property.

However, one local report described the property as the family home and said the youngster had two older siblings at a local school. Well-placed sources said they were looking at the possibility the girl fell into the pool after straying outside without her mum and dad realising.

Torrox mayor Oscar Medina described the girl's death as a "tragic incident". He added: "I offer my sincere and profound condolences to the family in the name of all local residents."

A spokesman for a regional government-run emergency coordination centre said: "A three-year-old girl has died today in a swimming pool in the Torrox area of the province of Malaga. We received a call at 12.04pm today alerting us to the fact a minor had been recovered from a pool at a property between Torrox and Sayalonga and attempts were being made to resuscitate her."

"Emergency responders were immediately activated. A helicopter was mobilised along with the Civil Guard, local town-hall employed police and health professionals. They later confirmed the little girl had died without offering any more details about the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident."