A couple dies in Kharkiv region due to carbon monoxide poisoning
Kyiv • UNN
Two people died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a private house in Lozova, Kharkiv region, because they left a stove flap closed while using natural gas as fuel.
In Kharkiv region, two people died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning, the press service of the State Emergency Service reports, UNN writes.
Details
The incident occurred in a private house in Lozova. Today, around 7 am, neighbors entered the house and found the bodies of a dead couple: a man born in 1969 and a woman born in 1974
The rescuers noted that the people had been poisoned by carbon monoxide. The State Emergency Service admits that they left the stove flap closed, which used natural gas as fuel.
Addendum
The SES emphasizes that carbon monoxide is extremely insidious and deadly. It is colorless and completely imperceptible.
Therefore, in order to identify it, it is necessary to install carbon monoxide detectors and constantly monitor the serviceability of gas and stove heating
Recall
Last month, a woman and her two young daughters in Berehove, Zakarpattia, Ukraine, were allegedly poisoned by carbon monoxidethat leaked from a leaky pipe connecting their home's gas boiler to the chimney.
