“In the Khmelnytsky region, on January 22, in the village of Yarmolyntsi, eight people, seven of whom are children, were poisoned due to the use of a gasoline generator in the basement of a residential building. According to the State Emergency Service, the condition of all victims is assessed as satisfactory. It is known that the generator worked in a confined space, which caused carbon monoxide poisoning. Rescuers and medics emphasize that the use of generators in”, — write on: ua.news
In the Khmelnytsky region, on January 22, in the village of Yarmolyntsi, eight people, seven of whom are children, were poisoned due to the use of a gasoline generator in the basement of a residential building.
According to the State Emergency Service, the condition of all victims is assessed as satisfactory. It is known that the generator worked in a confined space, which caused carbon monoxide poisoning.
Rescuers and medics emphasize that the use of generators in closed rooms is extremely dangerous. Carbon monoxide, which is odorless and colorless, can lead to fatal consequences.
Currently, the State Emergency Service is actively reminding about the importance of observing safety rules when operating generators, which are allowed to be used only outdoors. This situation became another reminder of the risks associated with the use of electrical devices in conditions of limited ventilation.
On the night of January 22, six people died in the Kyiv region suffered carbon monoxide poisoning due to violation of safety rules during home heating and generator use.
In the Buchansky district, a couple and their 11-year-old daughter were found dead in a townhouse in the village of Bilogorodka, and a four-year-old boy was hospitalized in serious condition.
On the night of January 10 in the Halytsky district of Lviv in apartment on the street Nine people were poisoned by carbon monoxide in Prince Roman. Among them are five children.
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