More than 30 people become carbon monoxide poisoning

(dpa) More than 30 people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning on Sunday night in Prague. The rescue workers said on Twitter that they had examined a total of 32 people, including several children. 27 injured were distributed to various hospitals in the city, 5 people were treated on site. Accordingly, nobody was in mortal danger.

According to the police, the cause of the carbon monoxide leak in a residential building in the Prague-Modrany district was a defective boiler in a gas heating system. The police therefore began an investigation on Sunday for negligent endangerment of the general public. As a police spokesman for the CTK news agency announced, the gas boiler apparently lacked a mandatory check. Those responsible could face up to two years in prison.

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