Algeria: 17 people die after being poisoned by carbon monoxide

Seventeen people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Algeria in the past 24 hours, Civil Protection announced on Tuesday (January 10th).

In Boussaada, some 250 km south of Algiers, nine people from the same family were found dead Monday evening at their home, according to publications by this source on his Facebook page.

The victims are a couple, their five children and two relatives.

Toxic fumes

Similarly, in Ain Oulmane, in the prefecture of Sétif (north-east), a couple and their four children were discovered in the night from Monday to Tuesday, intoxicated in the same way.

The victims died after breathing in toxic fumes from their heater, Civil Protection said.

Two other people died of asphyxiation by gas fumes Monday evening in Mostaganem (north-west), according to the same source.

The drop in temperatures recorded in recent days in Algeria has prompted residents to resort more to heating appliances, often running on gas or fuel oil, thus exposing themselves to the dangers of carbon monoxide, despite warnings from firefighters.

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