That was close! An elderly woman from Innviertel was in immediate danger of dying when she boiled water on a wood-fired table stove. This also included a second woman who was in the single-family home, who went unnoticed due to the deadly carbon monoxide. The chimney did not work and the nitrogen gases spread throughout the house.
Heating the water on the table stove almost ended in the death of an 88-year-old woman from Innviertel. The woman from Ried suddenly developed health problems and a 49-year-old who was also in the house alerted the rescue team. When the Red Cross helpers arrived, their CO detectors immediately went off. These are mounted as standard on the uniforms and beep as soon as a dangerous concentration of the nitrogen gas carbon monoxide arises.
Fresh air felt good
The emergency doctor arrived by helicopter because the emergency doctor, who traveled by car, could not be reached and stabilized the elderly woman who was immediately brought out. She had severe symptoms of poisoning, which quickly improved in the fresh air, and she was taken to Ried Hospital. The 49-year-old also came to the hospital for examination.
Firefighters and chimney sweeps searched for a cause
The fire brigade from Ried and a chimney sweep identified the table stove or the extractor hood as the cause. The chimney did not explode and the gases from the fire spread throughout the house and especially into the kitchen, where the elderly woman was heating water.
Source: Krone
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