It could have ended in tragedy: In an asylum home on Thomas-Wimmer-Strasse in Erding, carbon monoxide leaked on Sunday night.
Erding - Because at least two of the 18 residents got inexplicable headaches, the fire brigade and BRK were called in good time.
An hour before the alarm went off, one of the residents, who all come from Africa, complained about a headache.
When this also got a second one, 112 was dialed shortly before 2 a.m.
The control center had already suspected that potentially fatal carbon monoxide could be the cause.
The Erding fire brigade went into the building wearing a breathing apparatus with a CO measuring device and evacuated it.
At minus eight degrees, the residents, including an infant and several small children, had to wait outside and in an ambulance, protected by blankets and sheeting.
A water pipe was discovered on the first floor, from which the gas may have flowed.
The house was vented and released after 30 minutes.
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